Very amazing homosexual behaviors found in nature

Feb 10, 2007 13:22 GMT  ·  By

We, the humans, see ourselves as being the kinkiest of all species.

This idea is more than false, as the advancing knowledge in behavioral sciences shows that homosexuality, masturbation, oral sex and other deviations from genital sex are something common in the animal world.

Till now, about 500 species have been found to display homosexual behavior.

The researches made on animals also confirm the hypothesis that homosexuality is innate.

Humans are outdone by far in the sexual field by our closest relatives, bonobos.

These apes employ sex for solving any conflict and there are no taboos about sex, age, or number of partners, and the only interdiction is sex between mother and son.

It appears that almost all bonobos are bisexual.

They copulate frenetically and often express sexual pleasure by screaming, especially females (photo above, real lesbian sex in bonobo, these are two females!), in 66 % of the cases, engaging in homosexual activities.

In a Japanese macaque troop, females have strong bounds with each other and form temporary lesbian pairs during the mating season, ruling several partners during the whole period.

They stimulate genitally each other and express their pleasure by cackling.

Male macaques also play homosexually, but do not form pairs, their contacts resuming to a one-night stand.

You would not believe, but male homosexual sex is more frequent in American bison than heterosexual mating.

Females only mate during the estrus period, once a year, but bulls practice gay-sex several times daily even during this time, and over 55 % of the copulations in young males are homosexual.

Dolphins seem to be bisexual.

Male bottlenose dolphins, the most common and widespread species (both in seas and in aquaria), experience periods of exclusive homosexuality.

Males practice oral sex between them: one dolphin rubs the penis of the other with its snout; but they also rub their erect penises against the body of their male companion.

Homosexual sex is also common in giraffes and before mounting, the partners can affectionately rub their necks up to an hour.

5 % of the male giraffes are found in any moment involved in homosexual contact.

In kob antelopes (photo center), lesbian sex can be practiced twice an hour during the mating season and homsexual contact can count with 9 % of their mating activity. One female approaches another female from behind, raises her foreleg, touching the other female between her legs before executing a mounting.

In the Australian black swans, homosexual pairs represent about 25 % of all couples, and the homosexual couples can last for years. At times, these males employ a female for mating to get a clutch of eggs, but the future fathers chase the female after it has laid the last egg. Sometimes, these homosexual couples steal the eggs of heterosexual couples, driving them away from their nests.

In walruses an age related homosexuality has been observed. Males are sexually mature at four years old, and till then, they practice exclusively gay sex. The older males are bisexual, mounting females during the mating period and practicing homosexuality in the rest of the year. They rub their bodies together, hug one another and sleep together.

In gray whales, practicing homosexual orgies is frequent in males: as many as five individuals practice slip-and-slide movements, rolling around, splashing water, and rubbing their penises against each other.

But biologists are really astonished by the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (photo on the left), a splendidly colored bird from the mountains of northern South America. Almost 40 % of the males are homosexual and a small number of males even mate with females.

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