Can pets be gay?

[FISHTALES]

 

[pdaddy]

One thing animals are ALWAYS aware of is the sex of another fellow animal, simply by scent.

The Scotties were gay

 

[PICK3]

I heard jnevin puts peanut butter on his cawk for his dog to lick.

 

[Protobuilder]

I don't know but one of my boy dogs sure tries to hump the crap out of the other boy dog. LoL

 

[biteme]

All dogs are bi-sexual.

 

[Sassy69]

Ever since I got my cat fixed, he runs like a girl. The only thing he humps is leather shoes.

 

[musclemom]

Is homosexual activity active in the animal kingdom?

Often wondered if its just a human thing or does it go on everywhere. I mean, is it possible to own a gay cat!!!

Short answer, yes, animals can be "gay," (and by the way, thank you for reminding me because I forgot about this book and put it back on my reading list):

Check out the book "Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity," by Bruce Bagemihl.

Basically, animal sexuality in higher animals (finned, feathered and furred) runs the gamut pretty much the same as humans. Same sex animals will form pair bonds and engage in the same activities as hetero animals (grooming, feeding each other, etc.). They'll also be bi, mating for procreation but having a same sex relationship they keep coming back to.

I'm not talking about the mounting activity that happens when dogs or other animals are exerting dominance (actually dogs are the only ones I can think of that act that way, never seen a lion mount another lion to show him whos boss), that's something different altogether (I used to have a female shitzu who used to mount our male corgi to show him who was boss ... funny thing she was less than half as long as he was).

What does musclemom keep telling y'all? Sex is not black and white, it's just one big long gray scale darker at one end, lighter at the other.

And the first person who tells me animals don't have feelings/emotions/reasoning abilities ... you've never lived with animals and watched some of the weird ass shit they do. They may have tiny little brains, but what they have works a lot like ours, just simpler, more in the now. They can love, hate, fear, have social structure and concepts of status. I have seen cats and ferrets both do some damned funny stuff that struck me as being rudimentary abstract thinking.

 

[Mr. dB]

My male cat sleeps with me every night. And likes to cuddle and snuggle too. But it's completely platonic and totally non-homosexual.

 

[JayC9]

Dolphins f*ck each others blowholes! AAP once mentioned something about sexual deviance being rife in the insect kingdom also?

 

[rudeboyja]

Are Bert & Ernie considered pets?