Oh brother. Yes, animals can also become confused. My female dog will often mount other dogs. Dog people will say that this is a display of dominance, and not sexuality, but maybe she is just a lesbian. Who do we make the check out to for 'discovering' this?
There are deviants in all life forms - these are self limiting since they do not reproduce.
No only if we can keep our deviants from artificial inseminations and abuse of our normal heterosexual children through perverted adoption agencies....
"National Geographic Ultimate Explorer documentary about the female's role in the mating game."
I know this is a rhetorical question , but is this writer a complete moron.
Mating is about reproduction. Without the female there is no new generation.
Copulation in the animal kingdom is about production of the next generation and determination of the pecking order.
With the possible exception of a few animals, copulation is hormone driven and only occurs at specific times of the year. Copulation time is intrinsically linked to delivery time. Deliveries occur at a time when the offspring are most likely to survive.
Most grass eaters birth in the spring. Salmon only spawn once a year. Carnivores usually birth when the grass eaters have young, Makes feeding the little carnivores easier.
Pecking order is only important in animals that live in communities. The higher ranked animals are the most likely to mate and pass their genes on. Lower ranked animals may never get to mate.
In wolf packs, only the alpha male and female mate. Any other female that produces pups will have them slaughtered.
If an beta animal approaches an alpha wolf while alpha male is still alive, she will kill him if she can. The rest of the pack is likely to back her up.
Animals in generally do not select mates until the hormone season hits. The rest of the year , members of the opposite sex and especially the same sex are just competitors for food.
Monkeys also pick nits off each other and eat them.
I was taught one reason Humans have religion is to separate Human behavior from animal behavior.
Morality
"That's the gayest dog that I've ever seen."
"Sparky - don't be gay!"
To my knowledge animals don't give each other abortions - so how come we don't imitate them in that respect?
my bunny rabbits do it. a male humps a male, a neutered female humps a male. it's a dominance thing.
My bunnies also committed incest.
Some animals commit rape. Cannibalism. Infanticide. Territorial murder.
But since it occurs in the animal kingdom, it's natural, and we shouldn't judge when people do it. Right?
Mrs VS
With regard to behavior patterns modeled by animals, but frowned upon amongst humans, it is important to remember that we now have governments to take care of these issues.
For instance, pigs savage their young, but we have the public schools; chickens practice cannibalism - we have the income tax.
The government appears to be taking the right steps now to take over sexuality from mere citizens.
Await your fate, human resources!
It's a natural act for an animal to seek sexual gratification from any source available, whether the opposite sex, the same sex, or a tree. "Any port in the time of storm?"
What are you? Some kind of anthropomorph?
Homosexual Activity Among Animal Researchers Stirs Fraudulent Debate
just so it doesn't stir mass-debate...
My Brother's now deceased big dopy mutt used to eat cat poop out of the litter box.. Trying to justify behaviors by looking at animals is bad enough. Reading things into animal behavior when there is no way to verify what the animal is thinking or why it is acting is beyond irresponsible. One wonders if these people started out with their conclusion - it very much appears so.
So I guess it's OK for me to round up a few women against their will, copulate with them, and beat to a pulp any male that comes in my territority. Heck, the male elephant seal does that, why not me?
;-) <-- potential government researchers please take note
Tell those pervs to leave the poor dogs alone.