Are black swans gay

80 of gay swan : A quarter of adult black swans are in same-sex relationships, nearly always male with male

In a further twist, scientists have noted that cygnets raised by same-sex couples have a higher survival rate than those raised by heterosexual couples. Is it that male swans are better at driving off predators, or are they simply better parents?

Gay swans may even raise offspring together as a couple. It was long assumed that the dominant pair of fairy wrens in a flock were monogamous. You must be logged in to post a comment. The usurped heterosexual couple generally just build a new nest and lay more eggs.

We now know that these little balls of feather are amongst our most promiscuous birds. Pretty frickin gay, am i I right!? Here are some local examples. Even the function of genes in determining sexual orientation has recently received an upper cut to the chin.

Indeed, studies have shown that their divorce rate is just six percent, which is a whole lot better than we humans can manage. Thankfully, with more women in the sciences, and an increasingly secular western culture, there has been a gradual shift away from the patriarchal mindset.

Skip to content Swanning about in the gender pool. Black swans (Cygnus atratus) also form stable male-male pairs that last for many years. A quarter of adult black swans are in same-sex relationships, nearly always male with male.

Wild, eh? Red-backed fairy wren. (idk why) so 20% of all swan couples are male homosexual couples. Sometimes one of the male-male pair will actually copulate with a female swan. But also another fun fact is that the homosexual paired swans have a much higher success rate at raising their young (80%) than straight paired swans (30%).

There are numerous historical examples of how the once male-dominated world of biological sciences imposed its gender bias onto the animal kingdom.

Gay black swans exist : The usurped heterosexual couple generally just build a new nest and lay more eggs

80% of gay black swan couples successfully raise their young, but only 30% of straight swan couples successfully raise their young. One only has to go back a couple of decades to find examples where scientists were blind to the incredible diversity of gendered behaviour amongst non-human species.

The black swan, Cygnus atratus is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.

But only male swans for some reason. lol. These homosexual swans have been known to take over nests of heterosexual couples and raise the adopted cygnets as their own. Male-male black swan parents are more successful.

That would suggest an evolutionary advantage to swans forming same-sex relationships. Former Mayor of Noosa, author, photographer, artist, film-maker, lecturer, musician, social commentator and environmentalist. [13][14]. Temperature-dependent sex-determination in some reptiles, such as our bearded dragons, results in animals with the full compliment of male genes hatching out as functioning, egg-laying females.

Furthermore, we can no longer pretend that same-sex attraction is either aberrant or human-centric. Then, when her eggs are laid, both males chase her off the nest so they can raise the cygnets. An estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are homosexual and they steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs.

Adult swans seem to pair for life. Cooperative breeding in many bird species such as kookaburras, babblers, bee-eaters and moorhens, explodes the nuclear family model. Bearded dragon.