544
Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows
(www.theguardian.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
544 points (94.7% liked)
News
23267 readers
3023 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
The very idea of sexuality being divisible into distinct types is a uniquely human construct.
Animals don't think "I'm gonna go find another dude to have gay sex with," they just get the urge and act on it with whoever looks good nearby.
Several animal species are famously monogamous, penguns for example.
Penguins (emperors at least) must work together for the eggs to survive.
That doesn't explain why the same couples keep coming back to each other season after season.
In the case of emperors, they don't. They find a new partner each season.
I haven't looked into other subspecies.
Oh my mistake there then. Rockhoppers are one species that are monogamous for life.
Nature FACT: Some birds just have a more advanced capacity to love. Sorry, humans, you just wouldn't get it.
Animals tend to force sex, as well. Humans call it rape.
Well, animals don't have informed consent like we do.
Maybe not to the same degree of specificity, but "do you want to have sex with me" is one of those things that's really high on the informed consent priority list.
In some cases, no consent at all.
A lot of species have complex biological adaptations, and social instincts and behaviors specifically for convincing someone to willfully have sex with them. That's informed consent.
A simple example is elaborate bird plumage and mating dances.
I consider myself an animal and consider your statement false.