Billns of sects are havg gay sex 'accintally' say scientists | The Inpennt | The Inpennt

Contents:

• ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY
• 11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
• WAS BUGS BUNNY A GAY CHARACTER?
• A GAY BUG EXPERT NAMED A NEW FLY AFTER RUPL
• CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
• BILLNS OF SECTS ARE HAVG GAY SEX 'ACCINTALLY' SAY SCIENTISTS

ARE BUGS GAY? SPIRS AND INSECTS ENGAGE IN ACCINTAL HOMOSEXUALY

Rearchers believe homosexual behavr sects is accintal.

Acrdg to new rearch, sects that engage homosexual behavr are “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.

11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL

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. Other evince, such as matg wh related speci, helped nfirme the nclns of the sects have not evolved to be more discrimate, the behavr uld be lked to other tras, wh Scharf explag, "Homosexual behavr may be genomilly lked to beg more active, a better forager, or a better petor.

WAS BUGS BUNNY A GAY CHARACTER?

" Further rearch uld terme possible factors that would crease the possibily of homosexual behavr. 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.

A GAY BUG EXPERT NAMED A NEW FLY AFTER RUPL

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.

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

Almost 80 percent of the s of homosexual behavr the rearchers appeared to be the rult of misintifitn or belated intifitn of genr. 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.

BILLNS OF SECTS ARE HAVG GAY SEX 'ACCINTALLY' SAY SCIENTISTS

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).

om /news/2013-10-homosexualy-sects-spirs-se-mistaken.html. 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.