October 13, 2007

"Gay Animals out of the Closet?"

That's the title of an article from MSNBC (thanks to the Washington Blade for the tip).

I am firmly convinced our cat, "Cuddles," is gay, so it's nice to see that he has plenty of company in the animal kingdom.

From male killer whales that ride the dorsal fin of another male to female bonobos that rub their genitals together, the animal kingdom tolerates all kinds of lifestyles.

A first-ever museum display, "Against Nature?," which opened last month at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum in Norway, presents 51 species of animals exhibiting homosexuality.

"Homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species, and the phenomenon has been well described for 500 of them," said Petter Bockman, project coordinator of the exhibition.

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  1. My wife and I own a fixed tomcat named Rustee. His favorite spot to sleep is in the hot water closet... and me and my wife are always laughing about Rustee being in the closet, or needing to come out of the closet... =o)

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