At 06:28 PM 4/23/00 +0100, Julian and Jackie wrote:
>Ubu Noir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> >I was just noticing that my two female gerbils seem to be "mounting" each
> >other occasionally....
> >I know that dogs and cats do this sort of thing. Do all same-sex gerbil
> >pairs do this at some time or other, or is it just a random behaviour?
> >Maybe it's spring and they're feeling the spring urges everyone else is. :)
> >
> >Just some observations. :)
> >
> >Kelly, Spoo and Key
>
>Gerbils mark one another with the scent gland on their belly. This can
>be mistaken for mating.
by humans who want to define animal behavior in their own version of human
terms. Animals of all species of mammals and birds (i.e. the groups which
have genetically determined sexes) exhibit homosexual behavior. See
_Biological Exuberance_ published in the past couple of years, which is an
exhaustive survey of the literature and the spin put on behaviors that make
investigators uncomfortable.
Rebecca...
