Posted on 12/04/2010 5:05:08 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Pollution Causes Homosexuality in Birds, Study Suggests
Published December 02, 2010 | FoxNews.com
The nature versus nurture debate just took an unexpected turn -- thanks to pollution.
Increased exposure to the toxic chemical mercury can affect sexual preference in certain species of birds -- inducing homosexuality, a new study has revealed.
Peter Frederick, an ecologist from the University of Florida, and Nilmini Jayasena from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka found that male American white ibises that consumed methylmercury, the most toxic and easily digested form of mercury found in the environment, were more likely to pair with other males. In wild ibis populations with no mercury exposure, same-sex pairing is non-existent.
"We knew that mercury was likely to affect reproductive hormones from an earlier study," Frederick told FoxNews.com, "so we suspected some aspect of reproduction would be affected, like whether the birds came into reproductive condition or whether they were too aggressive to pair."
"We had no clue that mate choice might be involved," he added.
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LOL! That is got to be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard!
Over rocks and trees and sand
Soaring over cliffs
And gently floating down to land
She proudly lifts her voice
To sound her mating call
And soon her mate responds by singing
Caw Caw Caw
Come with me
Lesbian Seagull
Settle down and rest with me
Fly with me lesbian seagull
To my little nest by the sea
With me that’s where you belong with me
I know I can be strong when you’re with me
She skims the water
At the new time to seek
Her fish and she emerges
With one squirming in her beak
She plays among the waves
And hides between the swells
She walks the beach at twilight
Searching for some shells
Come with me
Lesbian Seagull
Settle down and rest with me
Oh fly with me lesbian seagull
To my little nest by the sea
With me that’s where you belong with me
I know I can be strong when you’re — you’re with me
And in the evening
As they watch the setting sun
She loooks at her as if to say
The day is done
It’s time to find their shelter
Hidden in the dunes
And fall asleep the
Music of the moon
You and me
Lesbian seagull
You just watch the world oh my
Just you and me lesbian seagull
Side by side with me ‘till we die
You and I
We can make it if we try
Our love will keep us flyin’ high
Until we die...
Of the mind, the spirit, and of society.
Because of global warming, we now have nothing but these mercury light bulbs we keep throwing out and now the damn birds will become extinct because they no longer mate.
Oh I get it. So we now need to follow the “green” agenda so our kids won’t be homos.
A real dilemma for the enviro-gays
“Homosexuality is pollution.”
Now that’s what I call scientific fact.
and if you believe this, I have some more deals....
And now they want us to use mercury filled environmentally green curly bulbs in our homes?
Let me know when they find that their migrations are taking them to Massachusetts.
Well taking that info to it’s next logical step, why are we not all Gay by now??????????????LOL
After all what else could make you want to live such a sick perverted lifestyle but a huge infusion of bad chemicals that fry & pollute your brain?
I can’t stand those gay birds!
Too late. The gays-were-born-that-way crowd won't like this.
So is this good or bad?
But, but, but, I thought homosexuality was good in that it encourages us to explore our diversity...? Which is, after all, our strength. And think of all the additional studies that might be done.
There was a time when I held the opinion that all knowledge was worth knowing. Based on this article, that is apparently not so.
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