Is there such thing as gay animals?

Answer 1

Porter, who first hit it big in the 1920s, wouldn't risk parading his homosexuality in public. In his day "the birds and the bees" generally meant only one thing—sex between a male and female.

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But, actually, some same-sex birds do do it. So do beetles, sheep, fruit bats, dolphins, and orangutans. Zoologists are discovering that homosexual and bisexual activity is not unknown within the animal kingdom.


Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo have been inseparable for six years now. They display classic pair-bonding behavior—entwining of necks, mutual preening, flipper flapping, and the rest. They also have sex, while ignoring potential female mates.

Wild birds exhibit similar behavior. There are male ostriches that only court their own gender, and pairs of male flamingos that mate, build nests, and even raise foster children.

The team caught female Japanese macaques engaged in intimate acts which, if observed in humans, would be in the X-rated category.

"The homosexual behavior that goes on is completely baffling and intriguing," says National Geographic Ultimate Explorer correspondent, Mireya Mayor. "You would have thought females that want to be mated, especially over their fertile period, would be seeking out males."

Well, perhaps, in a roundabout way, they are seeking males, suggests primatologist Amy Parish.

She argues that female macaques may enhance their social position through homosexual intimacy which in turn influences breeding success. Parish says, "Taking something that's nonreproductive, like mounting another female—if it leads to control of a resource or acquisition of a resource or a good alliance partner, that could directly impact your reproductive success."

Answer 2

Yes. I found it and here you go : http://queerscene.blogspot.com/2006/11/gay-penguins-are-practically-chicken.html

Also, there is something on Animal Planet that showed- A certain species of Lesbian Lizards. They never ever had a male partner. They mount one another and stimulate each other to fertilise the egg. Male died out a long time ago for this species

Answer 3

No, animals will on oiccaision use a sexual movement to fulfill a dominance factor but exclusively gay animals do not occor in nature. Some animals in zoos, deprived of mates will pair bond, but this is not actual homosexuality. You heard about those so called " gay penguins" in the Zoo in NYC ? One dropped the other like a hot potato once he gained a mate and status in the penguin community.

Answer 4

Yes......

there are examples all through the animal kingdom, and there is some good information available regarding it......

Do an internet search and see what you can come up with......

Answer 5

Absolutely.

Answer 6

Yes, search gay penguins in google.

Answer 7

Yes there is. Logo did a special on animals that court each other of the same sex...

Answer 8

you should check out a book called Biological Exuberance. below is the amazon.com link to it....

The book documents same-sex trysts in many different species of birds, mammals, fish, etc....

Answer 9

Yes. Here are some:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sexuality

Answer 10

If you check out my questions and click on "Did you hear about the penguins ?" you will find several links.
Rose P.