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A first-ever mm display, "Agast Nature?, " which opened last month at the Universy of Oslo's Natural History Mm Norway, prents 51 speci of animals exhibg homosexualy. "Homosexualy has been observed more than 1, 500 speci, and the phenomenon has been well scribed for 500 of them, " said Petter Bockman, project ordator of the ia, however, is rarely discsed the scientific muny and is often dismissed as unnatural bee don't appear to benef the larger e of speci ntuatn. Conversely, some argue that homosexual sex uld have a bigger natural e than jt pure ecstasy: namely evolutnary benefs.
In suatns when a speci is mostly bisexual, homosexual relatnships allow an animal to jo a pack. "In some bird speci that bond for life, homosexual pairs raise young.
GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
"Mom and Dad and Dad Almost a quarter of black swan fai are parented by homosexual upl. "Homosexualy" and "heterosexualy" are terms fed by societal boundari, visible the animal kgdom.
In one speci of gecko, femal clone most plex issu, animal homosexualy is challengg and poorly unrstood. "I've had primatologists offer to give me their data on homosexual behavr bee they didn't want to publish , " Wolfe said.
" was set up partly to mystify the argument that a homosexual way of livg nnot be accepted bee is agast the "laws of nature" n now be rejected scientifilly, said Geir Soli, project lear for the exhibn. "To learn more, see LiveScience's Top 10 prentatn, Gay Animals: Alternate Liftyl the Really Wild StoriSpir Cri Out While MatgThe Paful Reali of Hyena SexSalmon of Small Stature Endowed wh Matg AdvantageWell-fed Crickets Seek Sex Incsantly, Die YoungMystery of Empty Chicken Sex SolvedSmart Bats Have Smaller Tticl.