why does the silver back gorilla may let the sub-adult male gorilla mate while he must the only one who mate ?
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Politics.  The silverback wants to remain the dominant gorilla and not get ousted by the other males.  It may be in his best interest to allow a small amount of mating by one or a few subordinate males to get them on his side in any conflicts over dominance.
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This is really common in the animal kingdom. There is a type of snake where in which the male performs female mimicry and allows other males to mate with it. This ensures reproductive success, as only they will fertilise the females (the other males exhausted themselves on what they thought were females). Bonobos, for example, use sex in order to establish and maintain social relationships and even perform face-to-face copulation, rare amongst primates. Members of the dolphin family (such as Orca's) rub themselves against other males. There are species of lizard that are only females (and produce only clones of female offspring), and females will mount and imitate mating. It's interesting because the lizards that are mounting are "reproductively inactive" which means that they are male-like, whereas the mounted female is "reproductively active". There are also mites that mimic females, again to ensure reproductive success. \nThese are just a few examples!
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The animal kingdom doesn't have bias and lables like the human animal. If one actually finds attraction to the same sex, it is most likely a scent confusion. Most animals do their business based on scent.\n\nLearn all about spiders below.
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Hah!  I submit to no man!  Well, at least after three beautiful daughters, I get to see him grovel at their feet.  Same thing.  Why submit?  Money, pleasure, and security.  But, if you can provide for yourself, keep your pants on, and take a few karate classes, your chances of hooking up a keeper ar much higher.  Make them work for it!  Is this physics?
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Nature tells us that homosexuality exists.  Are humans animals?  Are there homosexual humans?  Ergo...?\n\nThe fact that you have not quoted sources is of no consequence to me -- I am willing to take at face value that perhaps the cattle and lizards were setting domination patterns. I am curious as to how the motives of the lizards were determined to be "to humilate"?\n\nty kinney, of course, makes terrfic sense about the differences beetween humans and other animals and would worth be re-reading.  \n\nOf course, without any applicable citation, which would seem to be fairly easy to find, your insistence on the behavior of cattle weakens the argument, particularly when you assert such detail as "the male/male behavior documented never culminates it penetration! therefore it is not sexual in nature."  From your reaction to other posts, I assume you're after some sort of penetration?\n\nI must point out that an insistence on male/male penetration omits other non-dominance behaviors practiced by other animal species, such as courtship. \n\nTREE SWALLOWS:  Full cloacal contact has been observed by Wilson and Bull in  male Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), complete with  the “ticking” vocalizations which are apparently reserved for  heterosexual copulations in Tree Swallows.  They also note that dominance behaior among Tree Swallows is very different.\n\nLIZARD: A. carolinensis engage in both homosexual courtship and copulation -- with one male exhibiting the male behavior in courting being the mounter and the male exhibiting the female courtship behavior being mounted. Previous studies (Noble and Bradley in 1937) dismissed this as hierarchical behavior, but more recent observations (Cooper, 1977, and Sigmund, 1987) show a more thorough understanding of A. carolinensis society, including polygamy and consistent homosexual behavior in the absence of dominant males.\n\nBISON: Courtship, mounting, and full anal penetration between bulls is common among American bison. My Lakota brothers and sisters call them pte winkte —pte =bison and winkte is the word for two-spirit, their description of the transgendered  in their Nation.\n\nFEMALE CATTLE:  Mounting of female cattle in heat by other cows is common among domesticated cattle.  (Obviously, since no marital aids have been documented, no actual penetration occured.)  The same has not been observed among wild cattle in a study by Queensland College in Australia.  Although stress was cited by the observers, they also admitted the possibility of domestication as a factor -- so perhaps civilization figures into it.\n\nBONOBOS: Barbara Fruth and Gottfried Hohmann observed same-sex genital contacts in wild female bonobos.  They have already been mentioned here, I just thought I would give the citation, even though no penetration happened.\n\nZOO ANIMALS: The penguins, koalas, rabbits and others that have been documented as exhibiting homosexual behaviors have most often come from zoos or domesticated situations.  This does not necessarily indicate a corrupted or aberrant social system, but (Occam's Razor) they can be more easily observed.\n\nHYENAS: Actually, Ploss and Bartels have seen hyenas licking each other's genitals.  Hyenas are of particular interest in this discussion because, according the Bestiary of Barnabus, hyenas were believed to have predominantly homosexual sex, and were associated with homosexuals.  This view was strongly held in the time of Augustine, who was a zealot advocate of conversion.
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dolphins and giraffes both form long term homosexual relationships. There is a kind of monkey that prefers lesbian relationships. \n\nThey are born that way, it has to do with levels of estrogen and testosterone in the womb. I feel that love is love, no matter where you find it. \n\nReligiously: If God makes everyone/everything, and God makes no mistakes, then she made them they way that she wanted them (gay) and it was not a mistake nor was it wrong in any way.\n\nIt is society that has decided that being gay is bad. And not all societies feel/felt that way. For example the ancient Greeks (inventors of democracy) were thought strange if the did NOT have a young male lover. Women didn't count as they were locked up in the hosue and not allowed out. If they needed to go to their friends party or to concert or such they took their young homosexual lover, not their wife.
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i think a male animal's nature is geared towards Reproducing his offspring...  and so, he is Physically and Visually stimulated.  a female animal's nature is geared towards Bearing and Nurturing offspring, and so must be emotionally stimulated to continue taking care of a child after birth.  \n\nas humans, we have extra steps:  we have a brain, to interpret, understand, appreciate, and decide what we "should" or "shouldn't" do... .it's not like animals who just mate when they are in heat and have children, and move on to the next mate.  we actually have social responsibilities, family duties, Respect, Committment, Trust, Marriage, etc etc.....  there are rules and regulations, punishments for wrong, etc.  \n\nthat is why i believe it is partly a woman's job to help "nudge" the man into learning how to become more Emotionally mature... if it was up to the man himself, most likely than not he won't choose to nurture that ability. but a woman can help him to see what is and is not "sensitive", and perhaps things he can refine so that a relationship can work.  that is why men, who are physically and visually stimulated by a Beautiful woman, will buy chocolates, open the door for her, etc.... and a woman will marry him, have his children, raise them, support him, and they will work Together as a team to continue doing what is Good and Healthy for the family.  so it seems that Men and Women have different roles and ways of interpreting what a relationship is about, but in the end they become ONE to forge the ultimate union, a family. :)
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A gorilla is a great ape and a close relative of man.\n\nMoney is a means of payment.\n\nSo they're not really related at all - unless you use a lot of money to buy a gorilla from someone.
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"Only" is a loaded and inaccurate view of the entire community.  Certainly many men will spend time with people they have something in common with, but that doesn't mean there isn't someone "beary" who isn't looking for someone like you.  \n\nHave you tried expressing interest in a bear or gone to a place with mostly bears?  That will show your interest.  In my experience there are as many couples who are physical opposites as there are "twins."  \n\nI  also know a gay couple who are very much opposites who have been together over 40 years.  I would say that they are not opposites emotionally, as they are both gentle people, but with enough things in common that an interest developed and they have developed a wonderful life together. \n\nDon't force it and I'm sure you don't think everyone should be attracted to you... let it happen.
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Monkeys and apes have sex all the time for pleasure alone. The Bonobos are the "worst" if you want to call it that. (Bonobos are the smaller of the two chimpanzee species)\nBonobos have sex face to face like humans, have sex for food, have sex to settle arguments, have sex to get to know each other, etc.etc. Two females frequently rub their genitals together just for fun and pleasure. Pedophyllia and homosexuality are completely accepted and are quite common among Bonobos. Some scientists have speculated that the human-chimpanzee common ancestor was more like bonobos than the common chimpanzee for a variety of reasons some of which are sexual.\n(By the way, the word is "wondered", not "wandered")
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It may be the result of evolutionary psychology. In the time of our ancestors, forest was the best natural source of privacy away from the communal caves and huts that would be suspect locations of the occurrance of sex. Most of us humans desire to have sex in private. Then there is the question of why we desire to have sex in private in the first place. It is because sex is regarded as a reward for a position of status, yet it is indispensibly necessary for reproducing our genes. When sex is witnessed, it is likely to be seen as a symbol of status and/or a challenge to someone else's dominance. Even in modern times, the older generation dominates the younger generation by restricting all things sexual, and there is a mutual dominance between bound partners that forbids sex with others. Evidently we haven't come far from our australopithecine ape ancestors.
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If you are asking if other animals are concerned with how they look your answer is "of course". Think of any kind of male trying to attract a mate (peacock being an excellent example!). They try to have the biggest tails, brightest colors, or whatever will give them the best mate. if you are asking whether or not they can recognize themselves in the mirror, some apes can since they are so intelligent but so-called "lower mammals" cannot since they lack the brain capacity.
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They just need time.  It takes millions of years.  Think about this, there are mutations in humans even today.  Some people are midgets, some people have extra fingers, some people are born without certain senses, some people have extra bones.  All those are random events that are in our genes.  One day a monkey will have a random genetic mutation that makes it different than the rest.  Depending on the environment, this mutation will either enhance or inhibit his abilities compared to the other monkeys.  So, say his brain is a little bigger than the others.  It will enable him to use a rock as a weapon and even though he might not be the baddest one, he will get the priority to mate, increasing the chances that this gene will be passed on to his kids who will have even bigger brains and be able to figure out more stuff.  It takes generation after generation.
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Why do you want to know this? Since they are mammals, they also mate for life. If you are asking if they are monogamous, they are not. The female does not form a permanent bond with a male. So, does this answer the question?
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You would think that the pecking itself or the usage pattern of (as it were) of the pecker would be enough to identify not only the sub-species but the individual, however, there is not scientific evidence to show that this is the case. \n\nIt is possible through the use of photgraphs of the peckers to identfy even beyond the sub-species to the invidual (there are a few famous cases of this).
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Not all animals have multiple partners.many have the same one year after year.to reproduce. However most of the animals just mate to reproduce and that's all. they just don't go having sex with every species of their kind just have sex,like us wonderful humans tend to do.for animals it's not about how many chicks they can get "laid" by.It's only to keep their species in existence..
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Male lions that take over a pride or otherwise drive off another male lion from a mated pair will often kill off the female's young. They will then mate with these same females and start a new family. Interestingly, step- children in the human species have a far greater probability of being abused or having "accidents". This behavioural tendency may simply be hard wired in our genes since a new male on the scene has nothing to gain, at least from from an evolutionary perspective, by promoting or protecting another male's DNA. \n\nIt is important to remember that nature is not cruel, just indifferent