> Pastor Frank wrote:

>> "Dionisio" 5ellimd.com> wrote:

>>> And he's wrong. Monkeys do. Sheep do. Um, wait... "there is no animal
>>> that allows anal penetration unless such action is necessary for
>>> reproduction"?!?
>>> This is fascinating, Pastor Frank! What animals *require* anal sex to
>>> procreate?

>>
>> The cloacae is one all purpose opening in birds. I say again: Though
>> most animals will mount each other to demonstrate dominance, no animal
>> allows anal penetration, and vaginal penetration only when in heat. All
>> your protestations to the contrary are mere homosexual self-justification.

>
> * Scientific American, March 1995, Pages 82-88 "Bonobo Sex and Society"
> * Time, August 17, 1992, Volume 140, Number 7, Pages 49-51 "Bisexuality: what is it?"
>
> The octopus, may share a desire for the occasional "queer quickie." It was in mid October
> of 1994 that scientists first observed two giant octopuses engaged in "mating." It was
> only after analyzing the footage that the scientific world got a shock: The octopuses were
> not only of two different species, but male too. It made CNN.
>
>
> In 1989, eight percent of the male sheep at the United States Department of Agriculture's
> Sheep Experimental Station in Dubois, Idaho, were gay, officials confirmed in late November.
>
> "These animals are homosexual. They are responding physically to how they are," explained
> Anne Perkins, a doctoral student at the station who is completing her dissertation on
> "Reproductive Behavior In Rams." Station officials deferred to Perkins when asked for
> details on the matter.
>
> "It's a very interesting model and we can learn a great deal about homosexuality from it,"
> Perkins said. "They are not morally or culturally or ethically behaving like humans. These
> sheep are just doing what their bodies are telling them to do."
>
> Homosexuality among animals is "nothing real unique," according to Perkins, who said gay
> sex has been observed in 63 distinct mammalian species. "It's not considered aberrant in
> farm animals at all," she said.
>
> The gay sheep, like some gay men, practice anal intercourse, according to Perkins,
> although some achieve orgasm simply by rubbing their penis around another male sheep's tail.
>
>
> There's also documented footage of baboons doing what you say doesn't occur. Science News
> covered it in 2000. If you want, I'll cite it too, along with the original research.
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