Why is it sinful for man?
Are there any homosexual animals?
Are there any homosexual animals?
That many humans are homosexual is well known but we also know the behaviour is extremely common across the animal kingdom, from insects to mammals. So what's really going on? Can these animals actually be called homosexual?
....... For some animals, homosexual behaviour isn't an occasional event – which we might put down to simple mistakes – but a regular thing....
...... "So many females of the group are engaging in this behaviour and there are males sitting around twiddling their thumbs," he says. "There's got to be a reason for this. There is no way the behaviour can be evolutionarily irrelevant.".....
...... In both cases, the males are using homosexual behaviour as a roundabout way to fertilise more females. So it's clear how these behaviours could be favoured by evolution. But it's also clear that fruit flies and flour beetles are a long way from strictly homosexual.....
.... "What's been described is that many animals are happy to engage in sex with partners of either sex."