Bruce Bagemihlv - Biological Exuberance - Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

shore birds

perching birds

other birds

Trios, quartets (homosexual, bisexual)

mammals

waterfowl

shore birds

perching birds

other birds

see also Parenting; Sources of offspring

Trouessart, E.

Unwanted sexual advances see Harassment; Nonconsensual sexual activity; Partner refusal, indifference

Vaginal/copulatory plugs, other birth control

Vasey, Paul L.

Violence, injury (heterosexual)

mammals: primates marine hoofed other

birds: waterfowl shore perching other

see also Harassment; Nonconsensual sexual activity

Virgin birth see Parthenogenesis

Vocalizations (during homosexual activity)

primates

marine mammals

hoofed mammals

other mammals

waterfowl

shore birds

perching birds

other birds

von Hildebrand, Martin

Walker, Alice

Ward, Jon

Watanabe, John

Watson, Lyall

Weinrich, James

Whitaker, J.

Wild vs. captive/semiwild animals see Explanations—pathology

Wilde, Oscar

Wilson, Edward O.

Wolfe, Linda

Worster, Donald

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BRUCE BAGEMIHL is a biologist, researcher, and author. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biogeography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his doctorate in linguistics and cognitive science from the University of British Columbia, where he also served on the faculty. He has published diverse essays and scientific articles on issues pertaining to language, biology, gender, and sexuality. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

BIOLOGICAL EXUBERANCE:ANIMAL HOMOSEXUALITY AND NATURAL DIVERSITY. Copyright © 1999 by Bruce Bagemihl. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10010.

DESIGN BY HELENE WALD BERINSKY

eISBN 9781466809277

First eBook Edition : April 2012

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bagemihl, Bruce.

Biological exuberance : animal homosexuality and natural diversity / by Bruce Bagemihl ; illustrated by John Megahan.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-312-19239-8 (hc)

ISBN 0-312-25377-X (pbk)

1. Homosexuality in animals. I. Title.

QL761.B24 1999

591.56’2—dc21

98-28528 CIP

AC