Can spiders be gay
Many species of insects and spiders engage in gay behavior, like courting, mounting, and trying to mate with members of the same sex. But it is unclear what role evolution plays in this curious situation. Like heterosexual behavior, it takes second and energy and can be dangerous – and it lacks the potential payoff of procreation.
Now Dr. Inon Scharf of Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology and Dr. Oliver Martin of ETH Zurich have found that lgbtq+ behavior in bugs is probably accidental in most cases. In the rush to produce offspring, bugs do not take much time to inspect their mates' gender, potentially head to same-sex mating. The study, a comprehensive review of research on insects and spiders, was published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
"Insects and spiders mate quick and dirty," Dr. Scharf observes. "The value of taking the second to identify the gender of mates or the cost of hesitation appears to be greater than the cost of making some mistakes."
Friends without benefits
In birds and mammals, queer behavior has been shown to have evolutionary benefits. It provides "practice" for young adults and maintains alliances within groups.
Over the past several decades, American culture has increased its tolerance and acceptance of differing sexualities. Those that voice opposition to acceptance of homosexuality on religious grounds often consider homosexuality to be “unnatural.” However, homosexual behavior is widespread across the animal kingdom. In addition to well-known examples such as in mammals and birds, homosexual behaviors occur in reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Among the primate order, lesbian behavior is most frequently observed in bonobos. However, it also occurs in other species, such as Japanese macaques and capuchin monkeys. Recent observations of homosexual behavior in male spider monkeys adds to our knowledge of these behaviors and may help us retort questions about the evolutionary functions gay behaviors may compete , as well as allow us to consider if other animals have sexual orientations similar to the identities that humans construct.
Within the protected reserve of Otoch Ma’ax Yetel Kooh, Mexico, primatologists have been continuously collecting data for over 20 years on two social groups of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Over the years, they’ve documente
Most known religions are much older than the concept of LGBT, for example Assyrian flag uses an image of a god that is roughly 500 times older than LGBT. You can't expect any religion mention anything related to LGBT.
Animals contain been humping since before there were even humans, so that's definitely bullsh!t; unless you're talking about words, but in that case, it's not really relevant in the first place.
And op must be laughing his ass off looking at all this noise if he was indeed just a troll...
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Scientists explore the evolution of animal homosexuality
Imperial researchers are using a new approach to understand why same-sex behaviour is so common across the animal kingdom.
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In 1910, a team of scientists set off on the Terra Nova Expedition to explore Antarctica. Among them was George Murray Levick, a zoologist and photographer who would be the first researcher to study the world's largest Adélie penguin colony. He chronicled the animals' daily activities in great detail.
In his notebooks, he described their sexual behaviour, including sex between male birds. However, none of these notes would manifest in Levick's published papers. Concerned by the graphic content, he only printed 100 copies of Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguin to circulate privately. The last remaining copy was recently unearthed providing valuable insights into animal homosexuality research.
But forays into animal homosexuality research long predate Levick, with observations published as far back as the 1700s and 1800s. More than 200 years later, investigate has moved past some of the taboos those e