Posted on 08/19/2013 9:30:16 AM PDT by Renfield
Insect sex may seem fairly simple: fluttering dances, clasping abdomens, a quick mount on a forest floor. But a new review of homosexual insect encounters suggests the acts may not be that straightforward for the individuals involved.
Researchers have widely examined homosexual behavior in mammals and birds, but have addressed it less frequently in insects and spiders. To assess the range of evolutionary explanations for same-sex intercourse in the invertebrate world, a team of biologists from Tel Aviv University in Israel examined roughly 100 existing studies on the topic and compiled the first comprehensive review of homosexuality in invertebrates. The review was published earlier this month in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
The team focused on male-male interactions to simplify the analysis, and found that most of these encounters occurred as accidents. Whereas larger animals have developed more complicated homosexual motivations — like maintaining alliances, which has been found in certain primate and seagull species — insects seem to mistakenly partake in it in a hasty attempt to secure mates. [Gay Animals: Alternate Lifestyles in the Wild]....
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On the other hand, female-female homosexuality appears to have a separate set of motivations, and deserves a whole separate analysis, Scharf said. In general, female-female interactions seem more intentional than male-male interactions. In fact, one study found that certain female beetles mount each other to look larger and attract more male mates.
They are too drunk to tell the difference.
People are not insects.
Animals commit incest too...
Buggery?
Two words:
Rosie O'Donnell...
Sort of like Bill Clinton, no?
Because their brains operate more akin to simple computers in modern robots than actually thinking.
They don’t know any better.
Well played!
Well, I’ve opined that some liberals have the brains of cockroaches, so I guess life sometimes imitates art. Or something.
Yes. Clinton would hump a saw horse if the opportunity presented itself.
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What do humans possess that lesser creatures do not? Morality. What do hetros possess that homosecuals do mot? Morality and instinctual self preservation.
Simple.
Wow, that's a real shocker right there.
“People are not insects.”
Don’t tell Franz Kafka....
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5200/5200-h/5200-h.htm
In simple terms, sexual intercourse is an innate habit designed to produce offspring and perpetuate the species. Homosexual intercourse (sodomy) does not produce offspring, and is therefore unnatural. There is no purpose in nature for homosexual activity, except for self gratification.
I dread to imagine the proposed new entomological anti-homobuggery laws as soon as the first congressional Democrat finds out about this study. First and foremost there will be NO spraying of insecticide if there is the least possibility one of the endangered gaysects could be affected-and it will only go downhill from there.
A father was recently watching his daughter play in the garden. A smile appeared on his face as he reflected on the sweet and innocent appearance little children often possess.
Suddenly, his daughter stopped playing and began to stare intensely at the ground. Curious, he walked over to her and noticed she was looking at two spiders mating.
“Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?” she asked.
“They’re mating,” her father replied.
“What do you call the spider on top, Daddy?” she asked.
“That’s a Daddy Longlegs.”
“So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?”
“No,” her father replied. “Both of them are Daddy Longlegs.”
The little girl thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat. “Well, we’re not having any of that in our garden.”
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