Can cats and dogs be gay?

Answer 1

"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.

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."

Answer 2

There is an awesome book on this topic, I picked it up a few years ago. A little dry in the reading as it is strictly scientific literature. Bagemihl, B. 1999. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. St. Martin's Press. 752 pp. Here's a small piece of the discussion at the link below: "Can animals be homosexual? The sexual urge is strong in all animals. Many species have sex outside the mating season and commonly enjoy sex without reproductive intent – rubbing their sexual organs against each other or stimulating themselves or their partners in other ways. When animals of the same gender have sex, they exhibit homosexual behaviour. We call such animals homosexuals. Some animals are consistently homosexual throughout their life. Which animals are homosexual? Homosexuality has been observed in most vertebrate groups, and also among insects, spiders, crustaceans, octopi and parasitic worms. The phenomenon has been reported in more than 1500 animal species, and is well documented for 500 of them, but the real extent is probably much higher. The frequency of homosexuality varies from species to species. In some species, homosexuality has never been reported, while in others the entire species is bisexual. In zoos around 1 in 5 pairs of king penguins are of the same sex. The record is held by orange fronted parakeets, where roughly half of all pairs in captivity are of the same sex."

Answer 3

Gay behaviour has been observed and documented in many types of animals, primarily simians (monkeys and apes). Next time some fervent homophobe says gay lifestyles go against the natural order, you might ask them to talk it over with some medical and zoological researchers.

Answer 4

Hhahahaaa ..One night my female cat started licking the other female and i was laughing and calling her a ***** cause she was lucky..Not that i wanna lick a female cat...anyways naw i dont think soo..I think its just a momma thing taking care of it and ive never seen a male dog suck another dog so if u ever see that man ur gonna be rich!!!!!!

Answer 5

My ex-husband had animals when I met him. He had a white male dog who seemed to be in love (humped a lot) with the black male cat, who didn't mind. I always heard opposites attract.

Answer 6

I think most animals are omnisexual...pillows, trees.
, other species

The word gay implies happy..I think most critters
can be happy.

Deprive most any mammalian species and overcrowd them with the same sex and you'll
find sexual behavior used to establish pecking order...much like guys in prison. Try it. It is not
pretty to watch 5 male mice in a small cage. It is
more violence than sex.

Answer 7

Im pretty sure two of my female dogs are gay.... they mount one another.... it's awkward to see animals doing that regardless of gender.

Answer 8

i think so. they can be lesbian too. we have 2 female dogs & sometimes they make some move meant only for male & female dogs. well, that's based on my observation.

Answer 9

I think animals show affection to one another but I seriously doubt they are "wired" to be homosexual.

Answer 10

No, they don't work that way. It's strictly instinct and response to the female's heat cycle.