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nonothing

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Animals exhibit "gay" behavior

By Sandi Doughton

Seattle Times staff reporter

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Some of Rich Osborne's killer-whale pictures aren't suitable for children. But among adults, the director of the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor sometimes brings out the censored shots: Young males engaging in what might be described as a ribald form of fencing.

"We try not to impose values on these things," said Osborne, who has studied orcas for three decades. "But it looks pretty homosexual."

From whales to buffalo to Caspian terns, a profusion of animals exhibit behavior that in humans would be called gay.

In his book "Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity," Seattle biologist Bruce Bagemihl estimates 450 species display some form of homosexuality, which can include same-sex courtship, displays of affection, sexual activity, long-term pairings and parenting.

• Up to 15 percent of Western gull pairs are females. The birds woo each other with gifts of food and form bonds that last for years. They build joint nests and tend clutches of unfertilized eggs. Occasionally, one or both females will mate with males, but they always raise their young together.

• In some penguin species, males form lifelong same-sex partnerships — especially in captivity. A pair named Roy and Silo in New York's Central Park Zoo incubated rocks until keepers gave them an egg of their own.

• Male giraffes spend most of their time in bachelor groups, where they entwine necks and rub against each other for up to an hour at a time. These "necking" sessions often culminate in mounting, and can outnumber heterosexual encounters 9 to 1.

It's rare for animals to be exclusively homosexual, Bagemihl said, but bisexuality is common. While male orcas seem to relish their same-sex romps, they mate with females, too. Virtually all bonobos, or pygmy apes, are bisexual.

None of this is surprising to field biologists, but many omit or gloss over homosexual behavior in their scientific reports. Others have tried to explain it away as a form of aggression or confusion.

In species like bonobos, same-sex behavior seems to help cement relationships and defuse conflict, said University of California biologist Marlene Zuk, author of "Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex From Animals."




Though it's tricky to impute motives to animals, the fact that homosexuality is so widespread shows it is not unnatural or biologically aberrant, she said. "But I'm leery of trying to use animals for models of our own behavior."

If the animal stories hold any lesson for human societies, Bagemihl said, it could lie in the dazzling variety of sexual behavior nature offers.
 

Mike

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This shows nothing, nonothing.

Animals don't have morals. Hint. They also make a habit out of eating each other. Would it be OK for people to do the same?

Animals have a strong sexual urge to mate and procreate with absolutely no inhibitions.

You should forget any such notions.
 

Goodpasture

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Mike said:
They also make a habit out of eating each other. Would it be OK for people to do the same?
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You should see some the the porn sites on the internet.......
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Goodpasture

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Mrs.Greg said:
:D Welcome Goodpasture....Are you Jigs cousin? :p
Thank you ma'am, no, not that I am aware of.....but I understand in this shrinking world that there is only three degrees of separation, so there is a good chance I dated one of his cousins at one point or another...
 

Mrs.Greg

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Goodpasture said:
Mrs.Greg said:
:D Welcome Goodpasture....Are you Jigs cousin? :p
Thank you ma'am, no, not that I am aware of.....but I understand in this shrinking world that there is only three degrees of separation, so there is a good chance I dated one of his cousins at one point or another...
Lol,another thing you and Jigs have in common...I think hes dated one of his cousins before :lol:
 

quickdraw

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Goodpasture said:
kolanuraven said:
Well..he may be distant kin to jigs but he's not yet to offer to shoot anybody yet!!
What's it pay? Who on here needs shooting?

Don't think any one needs shooting. BUT a few could stand to be gagged
I would say tied and gagged but I suspect there are a couple who would really enjoy that. :D :D
 

hopalong

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quickdraw said:
Goodpasture said:
kolanuraven said:
Well..he may be distant kin to jigs but he's not yet to offer to shoot anybody yet!!
What's it pay? Who on here needs shooting?

Don't think any one needs shooting. BUT a few could stand to be gagged
I would say tied and gagged but I suspect there are a couple who would really enjoy that. :D :D

:agree:
 

andybob

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Mike said:
This shows nothing, nonothing.

Animals don't have morals. Hint. They also make a habit out of eating each other. Would it be OK for people to do the same?

Animals have a strong sexual urge to mate and procreate with absolutely no inhibitions.

You should forget any such notions.
With all the reports of high levels of oestrogen in the water supply, due to birth controll hormones leaching into the water table, nothing would surprise me as to unnatural behaviour in aquatic creatures.
 

nonothing

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Cal said:
So what's your next cause, nono, beastiality?


Sorry cal,I do not take requests for the next cause...Looks like you will have to start your own thread involving your interested in such a deviant behavior...I personally think you gave out WAY to much information about yourself here and you may want to reconsider airing you personal laundry for all to see....It is really disgusting.....
 

Cal

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nonothing said:
Cal said:
So what's your next cause, nono, beastiality?


Sorry cal,I do not take requests for the next cause...Looks like you will have to start your own thread involving your interested in such a deviant behavior...I personally think you gave out WAY to much information about yourself here and you may want to reconsider airing you personal laundry for all to see....It is really disgusting.....
Once again Canada's expanding drug problem manifests itself on these pages with nono's mindless blathering. Nono's always posting about gays and lesbians, and now gay animals...it would leave one to believe that nono must have a very close relationship with another species, yet same gender. Loomixguy does have a good point though, with necrophelia it wouldn't matter if his pillow talk made any sense or not, whereas a rather intelligent German Shepherd might pick up on it. Maybe nono thinks he can't catch AIDS from a dead guy.
 

oldmac

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Cal said:
nonothing said:
Cal said:
So what's your next cause, nono, beastiality?


Sorry cal,I do not take requests for the next cause...Looks like you will have to start your own thread involving your interested in such a deviant behavior...I personally think you gave out WAY to much information about yourself here and you may want to reconsider airing you personal laundry for all to see....It is really disgusting.....
Once again Canada's expanding drug problem manifests itself on these pages with nono's mindless blathering. Nono's always posting about gays and lesbians, and now gay animals...it would leave one to believe that nono must have a very close relationship with another species, yet same gender. Loomixguy does have a good point though, with necrophelia it wouldn't matter if his pillow talk made any sense or not, whereas a rather intelligent German Shepherd might pick up on it. Maybe nono thinks he can't catch AIDS from a dead guy.

Cal be very careful dealing with Nonothing, he has a tendancy to throw temper tantrums when confronted by anyone who does not agree with him.
And them he has to resort on his momma to bail him out.
 

nonothing

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Cal said:
nonothing said:
Cal said:
So what's your next cause, nono, beastiality?


Sorry cal,I do not take requests for the next cause...Looks like you will have to start your own thread involving your interested in such a deviant behavior...I personally think you gave out WAY to much information about yourself here and you may want to reconsider airing you personal laundry for all to see....It is really disgusting.....
Once again Canada's expanding drug problem manifests itself on these pages with nono's mindless blathering. Nono's always posting about gays and lesbians, and now gay animals...it would leave one to believe that nono must have a very close relationship with another species, yet same gender. Loomixguy does have a good point though, with necrophelia it wouldn't matter if his pillow talk made any sense or not, whereas a rather intelligent German Shepherd might pick up on it. Maybe nono thinks he can't catch AIDS from a dead guy.


No one you but cal metioned humans having sex with animals...I think if any one here needs medication it is you....Cal,you can try and crawl out from under your sick statements but they still just coming one after the other from one post to the next here..My advice to cal is get help...just the words you write here are sick .I sure hope they only go as far as just words....just mentioning this stuff is messed up.Your a sick person Cal....get help.....
 
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