FACT CHECK: Homosexual behavior present in animals, Manny
(Davao Today) – Contrary to what the People’s Champ wants to impart on us, scientists have long discovered that apart from human beings, homosexual behavior exists in animals.
There are 450 different animal species known to have such behavior, according to an article published in Yale Scientific Magazine, the oldest collegiate science quarterly in the United States.
The scientific magazine cited the works of biologists Nathan W. Baily and Marlene Zuk from the University of California, which dismissed popular claims that homosexuality is merely a human phenomenon.
According to the scientists, same-sex pairing “alleviates the livelihood of divorce and curtails the pressure on the opposite sex by allowing members to exhibit more flexibility to form partnerships, which in turn strengthens social bonds and reduces competition.”
Another expert, Paul Vasey of the University of Lethbridge in Canada, has observed homosexual behavior in female Japanese macaques.
In a BBC article, Vasey said homosexual behavior among the female macaques “is the norm.”
