Animal Homosexuality exhibit

[u-dog]

here is a link to the website of the Oslo Natural History Museum. They just opened a new exhibit on Homosexuality in Animals. My sons girlfriend went to see it and said it was awesome. She sent me the link (she is "in" on the family secrets)

http://www.nhm.uio.no/againstnature/index.html

[RedneckDyke]

you don't have to go all the way to Oslo to see homo animals. Just come to my house.
We've got Narragansett turkey toms that pay more attention to each other than to the hens. I've got a bi billy goat. He does every goat that moves. He humps on the does and the wethers(castrate males) but he only "goes all the way" with the does. We have duck hens that live together and share duckling duty.

Let em call it a sin if they want. but they can't call it unnatural.

[scott snedeker]

Originally Posted by RedneckDyke

you don't have to go all the way to Oslo to see homo animals. Just come to my house.
We've got Narragansett turkey toms that pay more attention to each other than to the hens. I've got a bi billy goat. He does every goat that moves. He humps on the does and the wethers(castrate males) but he only "goes all the way" with the does. We have duck hens that live together and share duckling duty.

Let em call it a sin if they want. but they can't call it unnatural.

I can one up ya! My goats and sheep do a daisy chain and I Have two "bull-dike pea hens" that display only to other pea hens.

awwwww!

[tdogg]

A horse I had years ago is definitely 100% gay. Friends own him now and he hasn't changed a bit. Then, I progressed to a bi horse, he was pretty cool. He would get excited and tease male or female, he loved them all!

Now, I have a horse that pretty much hates other horses, he must have been attached at some point in his younger years. However, at a recent show he was 'introduced' to my former gay horse and they seemed to really hit it off. The one I have now owned the nickname "Princess" from the last barn he was in, he is pretty much a true princess but will defend himself to the death. I'm sorta anticipating a true romance in the future for him and my previous horse...they are cute together!

My ex owned a female Queensland that was fixed but loved to hump her male buddy. Wouldn't let anyone return the favor...

[BrentRichards]

I can't be sure my last dog (a beagle) was lesbian, but she was definitely gender non-conforming. She pushed around every male dog she met, and she even (I am not making this up) lifted her leg to pee.

[mjules]

*starry-eyes* Oh my God, that's awesome! Thank you so much for that link, u-dog. Now excuse me while I go pass it around to all my similarly fascinated friends.

[archyboi]

On a trip down the Colorado River through Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon we saw many wonderful things. Every day we'd have 2-3 Big Horn Sheep sightings. Solitary stags standing statuesquely on a promitory sillohetted aginst the sky, loping oh-so gracefully over the talus or two males head bucking. The contests would last as little as a few munites minutes to much longer. The clap and ricocheting echoes were haunting and mysterious. Once when a contest ended the two nuzzled for a while and then mounted! EEEEKKK! Femles don't have the large nautiloid-curled horns or head buck -- only males do. It was shocking but quite beautiful. That was my first clue that things weren't so neatly tied in bow as the majority would aspoused.

A very rare sight is to see Peregrin Falcons hunting or gyring in the noon hours. Once three were were playing a mock dodge fight. Triads are very common in nature.

I highly recommend Bruce Bagemihl's Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality & Natural Diversty c1999 and Joan Roughgarden's Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and Humans, c2004.

There's something he describes that I want to see very badly. A giraffe will approach another cautiously and gently slide its neck against the other's, caressing, intimate, langorous. Both will move synchronously in a dance, heads lowering and rising. Lovingly. A show of affection. An invitation to more. A passing interlude. Or a fleeting vulnerability.

These are two males.

Females don't engage in this behavior.

[Zerbie]

Awwww. I LOVE giraffes!!!!

Ever notice their tongues are purple? And those eyelashes!

[sailaway58]

Originally Posted by u-dog

here is a link to the website of the Oslo Natural History Museum. They just opened a new exhibit on Homosexuality in Animals. My sons girlfriend went to see it and said it was awesome. She sent me the link (she is "in" on the family secrets)

http://www.nhm.uio.no/againstnature/index.html

So far my 3D friends have not been interested in the site.

[archyboi]

YEAH!!!

I do too. But the ones at the LA Zoo never did that!!!

Guess I will have to go to Africa ...

[Zerbie]

Originally Posted by archyboi

YEAH!!!

I do too. But the ones at the LA Zoo never did that!!!

Guess I will have to go to Africa ...

Or you might try the San Diego wild animal park. I think they've just expanded it too.

I went there once about 2 years ago, and there were several giraffes! (Though I don't remember if they were "necking" or not.)

[tdogg]

Originally Posted by archyboi

A very rare sight is to see Peregrin Falcons hunting or gyring in the noon hours. Once three were were playing a mock dodge fight. Triads are very common in nature.

I highly recommend Bruce Bagemihl's Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality & Natural Diversty c1999 and Joan Roughgarden's Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and Humans, c2004.

It is likely the 3 Peregrins consisted of two parents and a juvenile - parents teach the juveniles to hunt and defend themselves. How cool you were able to observe the Peregrins!!!

Thanks for the reading references, I will have to look into getting one or both. Sounds like extremely interesting books!

[tdogg]

Originally Posted by sailaway58

So far my 3D friends have not been interested in the site.

That's too bad Tim. It would definitely be informative and mind-opening. The thing I like about this one is not only subjective but objective information. It's actually documented by footage - photographs, and detailed explanations of scientific evidence and actual observation. Unlike the creation museum, which consists of opinions and speculation.

[BrentRichards]

There's something he describes that I want to see very badly. A giraffe will approach another cautiously and gently slide its neck against the other's, caressing, intimate, langorous. Both will move synchronously in a dance, heads lowering and rising. Lovingly. A show of affection. An invitation to more. A passing interlude. Or a fleeting vulnerability.

These are two males.

Females don't engage in this behavior.

Hmmm ... I'm going to have to look into this. I'm afraid my initial reaction is less than romantic ... though I know full well that many animals engage in behavior ranging from same sex pleasuring to same sex social mate partnering, I'm not sure whether this would be an example... intertwining of heads and necks is also involved in male-male dominance contests ... male giraffes actually FIGHT with their heads (picture them "winding up" with that neck and just belting each other with their heads ... its vicious and painful to watch) ... the first thing I wonder is if this "necking" is a dominance behavior, or a "testing" before/in place of an actual fight ... I'll be interested to check this out.

[BrentRichards]

This brief clip shows some typical fighting behavior ... strikes are primarily to the legs/body.



In this one, the fight is less pitched, and more manuevering ... very much intertwining and rubbing of necks, getting more heated towards the end ... I wonder could this be something more like the behavior they're referencing?



Can you tell I'm fascinated with animal behavior?