Can animals be homosexual?

Question

I think my cat is gay but how can i tell?

Answer 1

yes it's possible

Answer 2

Homosexual behaviour has been observed in 1,500 animal species.

“We’re talking about everything from mammals to crabs and worms. The actual number is of course much higher. Among some animals homosexual behaviour is rare, some having sex with the same gender only a part of their life, while other animals, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, homosexuality is practiced throughout their lives.”

Animals that live a completely homosexual life can also be found. This occurs especially among birds that will pair with one partner for life, which is the case with geese and ducks. Four to five percent of the couples are homosexual. Single females will lay eggs in a homosexual pair’s nest. It has been observed that the homosexual couple are often better at raising the young than heterosexual couples.

Answer 3

I have seen one buck 'humping 'another in the woods, and even tiny puppies humping one another in a whelping box.
I think animals feel a need to re leave the sexual urge or to mate and they "practice first available warm body -sometimes resulting in a good swift kick. I have seen animal pleasure themselves also .

Answer 4

Some black swans of Australia form sexually active male-male mated pairs and steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs. More of their cygnets survive to adulthood than those of different-sex pairs possibly due to their superior ability to defend large portions of land.

Whiptail lizard (Teiidae genus) females have the ability to reproduce through parthenogenesis and as such males are rare and sexual breeding non-standard. Females engage in sexual behavior to stimulate ovulation, with their behavior following their hormonal cycles; during low levels of estrogen, these (female) lizards engage in "masculine" sexual roles. Those animals with currently high estrogen levels assume "feminine" sexual roles.

In early February 2004 the New York Times reported a male pair of chinstrap penguins in the Central Park Zoo in New York City were partnered and even successfully hatched a female chick from an egg. Other penguins in New York have also been reported to be forming same-sex pairs.

Answer 5

No, many animals act out in a sexualized manner when settling dominance disputes but it is never permanent, the entire "gay animals" hype is just so much hogwash.

Answer 6

well not really.......animals can ''and do'' engage in homosexual activity but to be considered a homosexual you have to have a emotional and physical feelings for members of the same sex, and humans are the only species to have that. animals only do it for pleasure

Answer 7

Oh yes, 1500 species are, and most are more sociable animals such as domesticated animals.

Answer 8

I grew up on a farm: I saw heifers (female cattle) mounting each other all the time. We once had a male horse who tried mounting our (male) donkey all the time.

Answer 9

To answer your main question, yes, over 1500 species at last count.

Answer 10

Yes.