Animals Gone Wild

Newfound evidence and study of homosexual behavior in animals as covered by National Geographic significantly strengthens the case for the human tendency to deviate from heterosexuality. Homosexual behavior has been/is observed in beetles, sheep, fruit bats, dolphins, orangutans, and most notably the bonobo. To me, this animal kingdom phenomenon is so striking because so many of the species that exhibit homosexual tendencies are highly intellegent ( ---> dolphins are known to use underwater sponges as tools, bonobos are able to understand and communicate using human language, and beetles are said to be able to survive nuclear attack [if that counts for anything...?])

This patten in animal sexuality is such a hot topic because of the implications it has for understanding human sexuality. It doubtlessly throws a monkey wrench in the nature vs. nurture debate - and it is highly credible because it is scientific fact.  

As Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Liverpool, England, puts it, "The bottom line is that anything that happens in other primates, and particularly other apes, is likely to have strong evolutionary continuity with what happens in humans," he said. so essentially, 

---> if the birds and the bees do it, why can't we? <----

Then, raising perhaps the most riveting point of all, expert de Waal totally DEBUNKS one of the most widely used anti-gay arguments. He points out that, "the fact that homosexuality does, after all, exist in the natural world is bound to be used against people who insist such behavior is unnatural." And I'm willing to bet he is right. Animal behavior might be some of the strongest ammunition on the pro side of the gay rights debate.