LIST 54

63 Gay Animals

The following animals have all been sited engaging in homosexual activities. Each one has been reported in the scientific literature, which was scoured by biologist Bruce Bagemihl for his mammoth survey, Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity.

1. Baboon

2. Barn owl

3. Bear (including black, grizzly, koala, and polar)

4. Bighorn sheep

5. Bonobo (a primate)

6. Brown rat

7. Caribou

8. Cat (domestic)

9. Cheetah

10. Chicken

11. Chimpanzee

12. Cockroach

13. Deer (several types)

14. Desert tortoise

15. Dog (domestic)

16. Dolphin (several types)

17. Dragonfly

18. Duck (several types)

19. Elephant (African and Asiatic)

20. Emu

21. Flamingo

22. Gazelle

23. Giraffe

24. Goat

25. Gorilla

26. Gray squirrel

27. Guinea pig

28. Hamster

29. Herring gull

30. Horse

31. Housefly

32. Hummingbird (several types)

33. Indian rhinoceros

34. Lion

35. Lizard

36. Mallard duck

37. Monarch butterfly

38. Moose

39. Mountain zebra

40. Octopus

41. Orangutan

42. Ostrich

43. Penguin (several types)

44. Pig

45. Porcupine

46. Rabbit

47. Raccoon

48. Rattlesnake

49. Raven

50. Salmon

51. Sand shark

52. Sea otter

53. Seagull

54. Sheep

55. Swan (several types)

56. Tasmanian devil

57. Turkey

58. Vampire bat

59. Walrus

60. Warthog

61. Water buffalo

62. Whale (several types, including bow head, fin, gray, killer, and—I'm trying not to make a wisecrack—sperm)

63. Wolf