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• MORE GAY DOLPHS OBSERVED OFF COAST OF WTERN ATRALIA
• GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD
• 11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
• 5 ANIMALS THAT DISPLAY HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVROVER 1,500 SPECI HAVE BEEN FOUND TO ENGAGE SAME-SEX SEXUAL ENUNTERSSTEPHANIE LEGUICHARD·FOLLOW4 M READ·AUG 5, 2020--1SHAREPHOTO BY RANAE SMH ON UNSPLASHAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN UNNERVED WHEN PEOPLE CLAIM THAT ANYTHG VIATG OM HETEROSEXUALY IS “UNNATURAL.”SOMETIM ’S BIGOTS ARGUG THAT “BEG GAY IS A CHOICE.” OTHER TIM ’S SCIENCE-MD PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE NEED TO DISMISS ANYTHG THAT DON’T HAVE A “CLEAR EVOLUTNARY PURPOSE.” WHETHER THEIR REASONG IS WELL-TENTNED OR NOT, THEY’RE WRONG — FAR OM BEG “UNNATURAL,” HOMOSEXUALY IS FOUND NEARLY EVERY RNER OF THE ANIMAL KGDOM. IT’S BEEN FOUND SOME OF OUR CLOST ANIMAL RELATIV, AND SOME OF OUR MOST DISTANT NON-RELATNS, LIKE SECTS, FISH, AND BIRDS.IF HOMOSEXUALY WERE UNNATURAL — SOME KD OF EVOLUTNARY GLCH OR ANOMALY — WOULDN’T BE READILY OBSERVABLE SO MANY SPECI. HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AROUND 1,500 SPECI, AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW AS SCIENTISTS NTUE TO LOOK FOR THE BEHAVRS MORE TENTNALLY.1. BONOBOS
• GAY DOLPHS AND MP ORS, HOMOSEXUALY MARE MAMMALS IS A FACT!
• FLIPPER CLEARED! DOLPHS ARE NOT GAY OR BISEXUAL RAPISTS AFTER ALL
• CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
• CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?
• ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED

MORE GAY DOLPHS OBSERVED OFF COAST OF WTERN ATRALIA

Senr Staff Wrer & Space CorrponntPublished2CommentsBottlenose dolphs have been observed engagg homosexual behavrs before. Nicholson and her lleagu believe that homosexual behavr uld be key to the social anizatns of the speci' mal.

GAY ANIMALS: ALTERNATE LIFTYL THE WILD

Apart om homosexual behavur, mal, unlike femal, Shark Bay have also been rerd to perform synchrono displays, ” Nicholson add. They recently observed big groups of dolphs engagg what appeared to be homosexual behavr. "Apart om homosexual behavr, mal, unlike femal, Shark Bay have also been rerd to perform synchrono displays, " she said.

Nicholson add that homosexual behavr appears to play a role the velopment of social bonds between mal, helpg them to tablish domance and Mann, who has studied dolphs at Shark Bay for s, says another possible reason is for mal to practice matg.

11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL

In the book Homosexual Behavur Animals: An Evolutnary Perspective, she wrote: "Homosexual teractns bottlenose to serve multiple functns, although the exact fns nsequenc, if any, are unknown. (Image cred: © Chris Johnson – earthOCEAN)Homosexualy has been documented more than 450 speci of vertebrat signalg that sexual preference is blogilly termed animals. )Homosexualy has been documented almost 500 speci of animals, signalg that sexual preference is pretermed.

They pulate equently, scream out light while dog so, and often engage homosexual activi. Mal also take to homosexual play but tend to leave their partner soon after, makg what we ll the human world a one night stand. (Image cred: © Chris Johnson – earthOCEAN)Homosexual activy occurs wh about the same equency as heterosexual play amongst the mare mammals.

5 ANIMALS THAT DISPLAY HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVROVER 1,500 SPECI HAVE BEEN FOUND TO ENGAGE SAME-SEX SEXUAL ENUNTERSSTEPHANIE LEGUICHARD·FOLLOW4 M READ·AUG 5, 2020--1SHAREPHOTO BY RANAE SMH ON UNSPLASHAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN UNNERVED WHEN PEOPLE CLAIM THAT ANYTHG VIATG OM HETEROSEXUALY IS “UNNATURAL.”SOMETIM ’S BIGOTS ARGUG THAT “BEG GAY IS A CHOICE.” OTHER TIM ’S SCIENCE-MD PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE NEED TO DISMISS ANYTHG THAT DON’T HAVE A “CLEAR EVOLUTNARY PURPOSE.” WHETHER THEIR REASONG IS WELL-TENTNED OR NOT, THEY’RE WRONG — FAR OM BEG “UNNATURAL,” HOMOSEXUALY IS FOUND NEARLY EVERY RNER OF THE ANIMAL KGDOM. IT’S BEEN FOUND SOME OF OUR CLOST ANIMAL RELATIV, AND SOME OF OUR MOST DISTANT NON-RELATNS, LIKE SECTS, FISH, AND BIRDS.IF HOMOSEXUALY WERE UNNATURAL — SOME KD OF EVOLUTNARY GLCH OR ANOMALY — WOULDN’T BE READILY OBSERVABLE SO MANY SPECI. HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AROUND 1,500 SPECI, AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW AS SCIENTISTS NTUE TO LOOK FOR THE BEHAVRS MORE TENTNALLY.1. BONOBOS

Male bottlenose dolphs are generally bisexual, but they go through perds of beg exclively homosexual. The homosexual activi of the mammals clu oral sex durg which time one dolph stimulat the other wh s snout. [See more pictur of dolphs]BisonHomosexual mountg between mal tends to be more mon than heterosexual female-male pulatn among Amerin bison, pecially bee femal only mate wh the bulls about once a year.

Homosexual mountg enpass almost 9 percent of all sexual activi wh the hoofed mammals the wild. Almost a quarter of all fai are parented by homosexual upl that rema together for years.

GAY DOLPHS AND MP ORS, HOMOSEXUALY MARE MAMMALS IS A FACT!

(Image cred: Geoff Shter)Splashg around the water is brought to a pletely new level gray whal, where homosexual teractns are que mon. (Image cred: worldswildlifewonrs | Shutterstock)Mal of this stunng perchg bird light homosexualy.

FLIPPER CLEARED! DOLPHS ARE NOT GAY OR BISEXUAL RAPISTS AFTER ALL

Almost 40 percent of the male populatn engag a form of homosexual activy and a small percentage don't ever pulate wh femal. Aristotle reported about homosexual upl the animal kgdom as early as 2300 years ago, and until today, homosexual relatnships have been observed about 1500 animal speci. To celebrate Pri Month June, we further rearched the topic of homosexualy mare animals.

Pengus are probably the bt known example of homosexualy animals, as rearchers observed this as early as 1911.

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

About one five pengus is homosexual, though homosexual relatnships are more mon mal than femal. It is mon for male homosexual upl to adopt abandoned eggs or “breed” together on large rocks. The most famo one ist the Humboldt pengu pair Silo and Roy om 2006, who were both exclively homosexual and refed to have any romantic or sexual ntact wh femal.

Not jt pengus n show homosexual behavr; there are also many same-sex partnerships among dolphs. In a rearched group of dolphs Atralia, lifelong homosexual partnerships between mal were even more mon than heterosexual partnerships.

Even durg sexual matury and reproductn wh female dolphs, the homosexual relatnship between the male dolph uple remas. While homosexual relatnships between mal are more mon dolphs, 30% of Laysan albatross upl Hawaii are ma up of two femal.

CAN ANIMALS BE GAY?

The credible sexual diversy the animal kgdom is also monstrated by male wals, who display predomantly homosexual behavr until they reach sexual matury at the age of four, and bisexual behavr om then on. Homosexualy is often observed by scientists many other mare animals as well, cludg sperm whal, flamgos, sea lns, ors, manate, and many many more. Photo: Julia Zavalisha (Shutterstock)There are still people out there who thk that beg gay is “unnatural, ” but they uldn’t be more wrong.

It’s been observed more than 1, 500 animal speci, om sects and other vertebrat, right up the evolutnary ladr to primat and the most part, we’re not sure why—what evolutnary advantage do homosexual uplg provi to dolphs (other than happier dolphs)?

ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED

What’s really unnatural is that so many people still assume animals adhere to the “moral” of a small number of humans—so if you happen to n to anyone like that, pot them to this list of the 11 most gay animals on Sergey Uryadnikov (Shutterstock)Bonobos, a speci of great ap native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are the hippi of the animal kgdom. Homosexual sex has been observed a number of dolph speci, but has been studied most thoroughly bottlenose dolphs. In parison, female giraff only get by wh other femal about 1% of the Jaroslav Seker (Shutterstock)Both male and female lns have been observed exhibg homosexual behavr.

Sce funerary practic were so important to the ancient people, probably wasn’t an accint, and scientists speculate that uld have been bee he was gay or trans.

” Garter snak, gopher snak, and rattlnak all exhib “queer” behavr of var typ, but the gayt of all are flower pot snak, all of whom are female. ” Whether their reasong is well-tentned or not, they’re wrong — far om beg “unnatural, ” homosexualy is found nearly every rner of the animal kgdom.