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Contents:
- ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY
- “WHICH BUGS ARE GAY” – JABOIE YOUNG-WHE – FULL SPECIAL
- ARE BUGS GAY OR JT CONFED?
- WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX
- BUGS NOT GAY, JT NFED
ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY
Many speci of sects and spirs engage homosexual behavr, like urtg, mountg, and tryg to mate wh members of the same sex. Oliver Mart of ETH Zurich have found that homosexual behavr bugs is probably accintal most s.
In birds and mammals, homosexual behavr has been shown to have evolutnary benefs. In general there is no clear benef to homosexual behavr sects. Homosexual matg is at least as risky as the heterosexual kd, expendg sperm, wastg time that uld go toward other activi, and boostg the risk of jury, disease, and predatn.
They expect homosexual behavr to be siarly stly. And yet, some speci, up to 85 percent of mal engage homosexual behavr. Almost 80 percent of the s of homosexual behavr the rearchers appeared to be the rult of misintifitn or belated intifitn of genr.
“WHICH BUGS ARE GAY” – JABOIE YOUNG-WHE – FULL SPECIAL
This explanatn is supported by the fact that many speci that exhib homosexual behavr also mate wh related speci or animate objects, like beer bottl—ditg a general tenncy toward misintifitn. "Homosexual behavr may be genomilly lked to beg more active, a better forager, or a better petor, " says Dr.
To nfirm their theory, the rearchers plan to study the ndns that make homosexual behavr more or ls likely bugs. They also want to look more eply to male ristance to homosexual matg. Rearch fds that homosexualy sects and spirs is a se of mistaken inty (2013, October 21).
ARE BUGS GAY OR JT CONFED?
Yet spe this, homosexualy sects – which rri all of the risks of sex whout the evolutnary benef of passg on gen – has been seen more than 100 speci. No real nsens has been reached on why sect homosexualy is so mon, wh different studi supportg or refutg particular ias even wh the same speci.
There are dozens of ias ed to expla homosexual behavur sects, which broadly fall to two tegori. Eher they suggt sect homosexualy has evolved bee actually helps mal have more offsprg, or that is not an evolutnary adaptatn and stead occurs when mal simply don’t regnise potential mat. In the former tegory, scientists have suggted male homosexual activi may rce matg petn by distractg or jurg other mal, or tablishg social allianc wh them or domance over them.
On the other hand, homosexual behavur sects may provi no evolutnary advantage and stead be due to nfn ed by environmental factors (as when u fli nsume alhol rottg u). Homosexualy is wily reported many beetle speci. So those beetl who me om a group wh greater sexual petn were ls likely to show homosexual behavur.
WHY INSECTS HAVE GAY SEX
The implitn is that homosexual behavur sects, pecially the beetl, isn’t an evolutnary adaptatn bee, where there is the prsure of sexual petn, be ls mon over time. Instead, our rearch adds to the weight of evince suggtg sect homosexualy is the rult of poor mate-spottg abili, although we still don’t know exactly why this occurs.
Rearchers believe homosexual behavr sects is accintal. Acrdg to new rearch, sects that engage homosexual behavr are “not gay, jt nfed.
BUGS NOT GAY, JT NFED
As the rearchers expla, matg has some ser disadvantag, terms of energy spent as well as potential vulnerabily to predators, and homosexual behavr, such as urtg and mountg, would have the same disadvantag, such as jury, wh no evolutnary upsi as the sects would not be able to pass on their than lose out on a chance to reproduce, sects make mistak, say the rearchers.
Homosexual behavr n be advantageo for some animals, cludg birds, as n lead to group velopment and practice, but the rearchers wanted to see if some of the theori explag sect homosexualy were accurate. The rearchers say that some of the proposed theori clu homosexual practic to thwart predators or nfe potential suors, but upon studyg 110 speci of sects and spirs, the theori were quickly led 85 percent of the sect speci engaged homosexual behavr, the rearchers disvered this practice was due to nfn.