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Homosexual behaviour is demonstrated by 120 known species of birds. [40] While an uptick in research on bird homosexuality – and animal homosexuality in general – has been coming out in recent years, it is common for some authors to labour in articulating the view any root cause or function of bird homosexuality is poorly understood.
Animal sexual behavior takes many different forms, even within the same species and the motivations for and implications of their behaviors have yet to be fully understood. Bagemihl's research shows that homosexual behavior, not necessarily sexual activity, has been documented in about 500 species as of 1999, ranging from primates to gut worms .
Its use in animal studies has been controversial for two main reasons: animal sexuality and motivating factors have been and remain poorly understood, and the term has strong cultural implications in western society that are irrelevant for species other than humans. [12] Thus homosexual behavior has been given a number of terms over the years.
Giraffes are “super queer,” at least according to one scientist in a new documentary about the diversity of animal sexuality. “Queer Planet,” which debuts June 6 on Peacock, NBC’s ...
The black swan, Cygnus atratus is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.An estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are homosexual and they steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs.
Really Wild Animals is a children's nature television series, hosted by Dudley Moore as an anthropomorphic globe named Spin. [1] Comprising 13 episodes, it was released between October 24, 1993, and March 6, 1996.
The article described them as "gay penguins", and listed two other pairs of penguins in New York that showed similar behavior. [5] Roy and Silo's story became the basis for two children's books , And Tango Makes Three , by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole , and the German-language Zwei Papas für Tango ( Two ...
Epigenetic theories of homosexuality concern the studies of changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence, and their role in the development of homosexuality.