Are male giraffes mostly gay

In one study, during 3, hours of detailed study over an entire year, researchers observed only one single straight mating. Turns out, giraffes are one of the gayest animals. So next time you see a giraffe in a photo or a commercial, just remember: super gay. Lesbian lizards, gay giraffes, bisexual red deer and sex-changing clownfish.

Giraffes are a lot gayer than most people give them credit for

Sometimes, one swan in a male couple will mate with a female, and then drive her away once she's laid a clutch of eggs. In other cases, they adopt abandoned eggs. Male walruses only reach sexual maturity at the age of 4. Until then, they are almost exclusively gay. Once they've reached maturity, most males are bisexual and mate with females during breeding season - while having sex with other males the rest of the year.

The secret sex life of gay giraffes

These are the gestures loaded with inherent meaning. A wave, an eye-roll, a clap, a come-hither motion. Chimps use dozens of gestures to communicate with each other, and research suggests that humans can usually figure out what they mean. But now it seems like the Japanese tit might be capable of symbolic gestures , too.

Giraffes Take Bisexuality to New Heights

Yet when a male Giraffe sniffs another male's genitals, mounts him with an erect penis, and ejaculates — then he is engaging in "aggressive" or "dominance" behavior, and his actions are considered to be, at most, only secondarily or superficially sexual. Other research has found that giraffe same-sex behavior also occurs more often among younger animals , with more heterosexual behavior as they get older.