Skittles87 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 A British politician put her foot in it and it led to this article about giraffe sexuality. ? https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2019/oct/29/99-per-cent-giraffes-gay-loving-looks-misunderstood 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagor Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Well, that's why I love british politics. It's a great show if you're not living in the UK ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBMango Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Do most animals experience what we would call romantic attraction? That seems like a uniquely human thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skittles87 Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/1/2019 at 5:58 PM, LBMango said: Do most animals experience what we would call romantic attraction? That seems like a uniquely human thing... Yeah, I reckon it's a uniquely human thing but some animals do form pair-bonds. And since most humans pair-bond with romantic partners, it looks like romantic attraction to a (non-aro) human. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekaterina Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 11/1/2019 at 8:58 PM, LBMango said: Do most animals experience what we would call romantic attraction? That seems like a uniquely human thing... Well a lot of kinds of animals have showy and complicated mating rituals, not sure if it counts. I kind of always saw stereotypical romance as a human analogy of these? Human culture uses the same association. Like, you know, doves being seen as symbol of romance because or their affectionate cooing and following each other, songbirds for singing to their partner, etc. Some birds also do symbolic/unpractical gifts to the object of courtship. Of course we cannot ask birds or other animals if they differ between attractions🙂 But maybe it would make sense to observe if there are individuals who do courting but don't do sex, and they would be basically alloaces. Trickier to find aroallos, because their partner probably wouldn't mate with them without the ritual because the instincts aren't triggered? Maybe if an individual doesn't do the rituals but behaves in a way that indicates they want to mate straightforwardly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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