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By Arash Fereydooni. What sets this remarkable creature apart, however, is the fact that it was produced through the inter-breeding of two distinct native species of lizard. Leaping Lesbian Lizard Facts Somewhat uniquely, the Leaping Lesbian Lizard serves as the popular name for a particular New Mexico Whiptail Lizard.

Do Animals Exhibit Homosexuality? All members of the lizard species are female and reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis. Yet another gay is lizards of the genus Teiidae, which can copulate with both male and female mates. Currently, homosexual behavior has been documented in over different animal species worldwide.

Those animals with currently high estrogen levels assume "feminine" sexual roles. Females engage in sexual behavior to stimulate ovulation, with their behavior following their hormonal cycles; during low levels of estrogen, these (female) lizards engage in "masculine" sexual roles.

One female lies on top of another, playing the role of. For example, their studies of the Laysan albatross show that female-female pairing can increase fitness by taking advantage of the excess of females and shortage of males in the population and provide superior care for offspring.

A lizard that is gay, usually very gay. Recent research has found that homosexual behavior in animals may be much more common than previously thought. Biologists Nathan W. Bailey and Marlene Zuk from the University of California, Riverside have investigated the evolutionary consequences and implications of same-sex behavior, and their findings demonstrate benefits to what seems to be an evolutionary paradox.

Research has shown that simulated mating behavior increases fertility for Aspidoscelis neomexicanus. Thus, not only do animals exhibit homosexuality, but the existence of this behavior is quite prevalent and may also confer certain evolutionary advantages.

Moreover, same-sex pairing in many species actually alleviates the likelihood of divorce and curtails the pressure on the opposite sex by allowing members to exhibit more flexibility to form partnerships, which in turn strengthens social bonds and reduces competition.

March 14, Three species of Aspidoscelis The all-female Whiptail lizard species Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (center), which reproduces via parthenogenesis, is shown flanked by two sexual species having males, A. inornatus (left) and A.

tigris (right).