Gay male lions

Gay Lions

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Feb 9,

by Liberty and Power

I really don't know where to begin in replying to William Marina's latest post. Here are just some of the highlights:

"A blatant [homosexual] culture trying to attract young males"

"homosexuals develop an overt culture and attempt to recruit/seduce among the young, especially those in the years of puberty."

And my personal favorite, "The [female lions (!)], however, wanted nothing to do with [homosexual male lions], apparently sensing they were threats to their cubs."

Apparently. Because we, like, did interviews with them.

Really, I didn't comprehend where to begin in refuting this post. Then I noticed that there wasn't a scrap of evidence to back Marina's claims. There were no citations to any research in human sexuality, no evidence that the animal studies had any experimental validity, and nothing more than some fairly weak stereotypes to relate them back to humans. I realized, then, that I didn't need to refute this post. There's nothing here to refute []

Well, this isn’t something you observe every day — a male lion appearing to attempt to mate with another male.

In the incredible footage above, three lions were warming themselves in the morning sun when things took an interesting turn. If you’re all about anthropomorphizing animals then you might describe the situation like this:

One of the lions mounts another and begins humping, while the object of his attention seems completely unfazed by the situation. Meanwhile, the third lion notices and graciously turns his back to give the two some privacy. Eventually, the suitor seems to realize that his affections aren’t being reciprocated (or even acknowledged) and moves on.

“For regular safari travelers appreciate us, who have been visiting Africa for close to 20 years now, with more than nights in the bushes of 7 different countries, mating lions is not a rare sighting,” Eugene, an engineer who filmed the video in Kruger National Park told “However, a male-male combo was a first for us!”

But what’s really going on here?

While same-sex relations have been documented in various species,

JOHANNESBURG -- A wildlife photographer's candid shot of two male lions in what appears to be an amorous embrace at a reserve in Kenya has the African nation's moral authorities concerned about possible demonic possession, or humans "behaving badly" and setting the wrong example for the animal kingdom.

"Demons also inhabit animals," Ezekiel Mutua, the chief executive of the Kenya Film Classification Board, told Nairobi News in an interview posted online last week.

The recent photos, taken in a Kenyan wildlife area, act show a rare sight: a male lion mounting another male lion in what resembles a sexual act, but experts exclaim may have been a way of showing dominance.

The spectacle of two wild male lions in such intimacy was also observed in Botswana last year and has sometimes been interpreted as homosexual behavior, though lion experts say it is a relatively uncommon form of bonding or social interaction.

Paul Goldstein, the photographer who captured the images in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve in August, said many other species are known to engage in such behavior and that, for e

Gay Pride? Famous Male Lions Just Hugging

The Internet was buzzing this week with interest over images that appear to show two male lions engaging in homosexual behavior. The photos and videos, shot by photographer Nicole Cambré in Botswana in March, feature two long-maned lions looking very cuddly. At one point, one lion mounts and humps the other.

By their social media posts and online comments, people seemed fascinated and elated to view what looked like same-sex behavior in these beloved wild cats. But these "gay" lions are not gay.

"It's affectionate, and it's kind of reinforcing the dominant status of the one that's doing the humping," Craig Packer, director of the Lion Verb Center at the University of Minnesota, told Live Science. "You see that in monkeys all the time, and it doesn't make the newspapers that there are homosexual monkeys out there."