More gay animals! This time we talk about genetic mutations that cause same-sex attraction in fruit flies as well as two examples of gayness in birds that might be even cooler than gayness in penguins.
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Sources:
1996 study with fruitless mutations in male flies
2005 study with fruitless mutations in female flies
Courtship Behavior in Flies
Female-Female Pairing in Western Gulls in Southern California
News article with more context on the lesbian seagulls and conservative Christian responses
Actual photo of bird insides with testes and other organs labelled, as well as more information than you’ll ever need about bird reproduction
NYT article about gay albatross
2008 Laysan albatross paper, unfortunately not open-access
Photos of Laysan albatross and their gorgeous smoky eye
Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel
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