With the exclusion of humans.
Just curious.
2007-08-09 12:07:39 · 32 answers · asked by Hiram Abiff 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
No. There are no other animal species that have individuals which solely engage in homosexual acts.
There have been instances where individual homosexual acts have been observed, but whenever there are females around, the males go after them and forget about each other.
2007-08-09 12:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 10⤋
Yes, it has been observed in more than 400 different species of, mainly, mammals and birds. This is not simple dominance behaviour but complete with pair-bonding rituals, courtship etc. often the pairing is for life. It has also been found that homosexual couples are more successful at raising young than heterosexual couples. Two males offer greater protection while two females offer greater mothering.
The story about only dolphins, humans and chimpnzees having sex for pleasure is a myth. All animals have sex for pleasure, if they didn't like it, they wouldn't do it. Many males of many species have been observed masturbating as well. Why would they do that if it were not pleasurable?
2007-08-09 12:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Homosexuality and even possible transsexual behaviors are pretty well documented in many animals. I've only observed it among mammals myself, mainly dogs and rodents, but it could possibly exist on a much broader scale than that.
2007-08-09 14:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by Entropy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-08-09 12:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by Miakoda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, homosexuality has been observed in many, many animal species. You can do a search on Google and find many scientific articles documenting it.
2007-08-09 12:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
There have been multiple observed cases of homosexuality in animals. Including some animals better at monogamy than we are. :)
2007-08-09 12:17:56 · answer #6 · answered by au_catboy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"homosexual" the way culture and society assess the word as a social identity, or as engaging in same sex sexuality?
Many animals engage in same sex sexuality. There is an entire museum about it. look up "homosexual animal museum" or even "gay penguins" and different websites will come up.
2007-08-09 12:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can do a Yahoo search or google it or even do a news search and find all kinds of documentation of many species that exhibit homosexual behavior.
2007-08-09 12:12:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to have a very Gay black Cat. I had him fixed and he didn't give a cats Meow. His name was BartholaMew. Nick name Black Bart. He loved kittens and tried to teach them his ways. Really didn't work very well. Some times he would find a male cat that wouldn't try to kill him. After all some were as gay as he was.
We loved Black Bart He was who he was and he was missed when he passed on to meet the Goddess Bast
2007-08-09 12:30:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Over 1,500 different animal species practice homosexuality.
(Articles from various publications under sources.)
2007-08-09 12:37:40 · answer #10 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it seems that way sometimes. I heard a theory that same sex animal attraction was meant to control the population sizes of certain animals. Or is just a release for when there is no female.
2007-08-09 12:13:50 · answer #11 · answered by purifiedheartbeating 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋