Animal Homosexualy: Gay Animals You Might Not Know - WhatDeWhat

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• 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
• ANIMAL HOMOSEXUALY: GAY ANIMALS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
• GAY ANIMALS WH THEIR HOMOSEXUAL NATURE
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL

Photo: Julia Zavalisha (Shutterstock)There are still people out there who thk that beg gay is “unnatural, ” but they uldn’t be more wrong.

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

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)?

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. 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. In fact, no speci has actually been monstrated to show no cince of homosexual behavur at all, apart om those that don't actually have sex.

ANIMAL HOMOSEXUALY: GAY ANIMALS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

In tribal animals, homosexualy sometim tak on a social role - occupyg unwanted mal or bondg male members of the pack.

Bats are number one on the list bee the cince of homosexual activi many speci of bats is the hight among all animals, even higher than humans. Also some of this isn't necsarily homosexual as is domance and practicg (at least that's what they tell each other).

*Note: We tentnally do not e terms such as “heterosexual” or “homosexual” to prevent any nflatn between human sexualy and nonhuman animal sexual behavrs.

GAY ANIMALS WH THEIR HOMOSEXUAL NATURE

” 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 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. Although Darw’s theory of natural selectn predicts an evolutnary disadvantage for animals that fail to pass along their tras through reproductn wh the oppose sex, the validy of this part of his theory has been qutned wh the disveri of homosexual behavr more than 10% of prevailg speci throughout the world.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

” In addn, male giraff have also been observed engagg homosexual behavr by bbg their necks agast each others’ bodi while ignorg the femal. Th, not only do animals exhib homosexualy, but the existence of this behavr is que prevalent and may also nfer certa evolutnary advantag. 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.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

"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. "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.