Study finds gay rams refuse to mate with ewes

[StefanX]

Study finds brain difference in gay rams

Researchers at Oregon State University have announced another finding linking sexual orientation to biology, as opposed to learned behavior.
The scientists recently discovered biological differences between the brains of homosexual rams and heterosexual ones, and the news will likely contribute to the "nature vs. nurture" debate over homosexuality's origin in humans.

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Wanting to ensure breeders could purchase heterosexual rams, researchers began a study in the hopes of determining the animal's sexual orientation. They received grants from the National Institutes of Health: one for about $800,000 in 2001; a second for $2 million in 2004, according to the Associated Press.

Fred Stormshak, distinguished professor of animal science at Oregon State, and one of the researchers in the project, told the PlanetOut Network on Monday that his team found striking differences in the brains and hormones of certain rams.

http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2005/08/15/4

Related link - book on homosexuality in the animal kingdom:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031225377X/qid=1124255393/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-3040888-2366428

[mcctatas]

1. That has to be liberal propoganda...

everyone knows homesexuality is "unnatural" and a "lifestyle choice"... :sarcasm:
(rams can't make lifestyle choices can they???)

[Melodybe]

4. I had gay ducks growing up

2 males and their names were Quacky and Packy.

I kid you not, they were named after some ducks in a book we had, the joke hit us 20 years later.

Being gay is not a chioce, god made gays.

[mcctatas]

6. I can believe that...

my cat and my rabbit (both male) had a very special friendship...and the cat was a bottom (absolute truth) So not only did my siamese have a gay lover, he was also dating outside his own species.:rofl:

[Melodybe]

7. George Carlin had a christmas card with his male cat and dog getting it on

your post reminded me of it, the look on the cat's face is priceless. If you hadn't guessed the kitty was on the bottom.

[unrepuke]

2. Maybe those ewes were ugly ones?

That won't make the guys gay...

[bossfish]

3. Is that the reason for W's "mysterious" trip to Idaho?

I know he's a real biology nut and all.

[mcctatas]

5. Well we know he likes to milk male horses...Just ask Laura n/t

[lvx35]

8. This will make pugs revert back to "homosexuality as disease"

If it gets genetically proven to a high degree with something pugs can understand (like livestock sex) then you can bet they will label it a 'genetic disease', and proclaim hope for a cure.

[shadowknows69]

9. they needed a study to figure that out?