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Queer Ducks (and Other Animals) The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

Eliot Schrefer

NPR's "All Things Considered," calls A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world—from albatrosses to bonobos to c...

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

The book explores same-sex sexual behavior in the animal kingdom, challenging the assumption that such behavior is unnatural or a dead end for evolution. It reveals the wide variety of reasons animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior, highlighting that the narrative around animal sex has been simplified and often inaccurate.

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This seems like a joke and the book is very funny which is great but you're learning about a side of the animal kingdom that many people haven't talked about.

— Episode: CNN Scales Back "Breaking News" Hype | E...

Episode: CNN Scales Back "Breaking News" Hype | Eliot Schre...

The book explores same-sex sexual behavior in the animal kingdom, challenging the assumption that such behavior is unnatural or a dead end for evolution. It reveals the wide variety of reasons animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior, highlighting that the narrative around animal sex has been simplified and often inaccurate.

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This seems like a joke and the book is very funny which is great but you're learning about a side of the animal kingdom that many people haven't talked about.

I was surprised by the topic too. I come from a background of studying evolution and I'd always assumed that queer behavior was a sort of dead end for animals.

the basic version of the story is that we got the story of animal sex wrong. That we think of it as procreation only.

most animals are some version of bisexual and exclusive homosexual preference is very rare but there are some dolphins that behave that way.

So when I was 11 I realized I was gay and it was like the moment puberty hit it was utterly clear

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