Haven’t seen the documentary but would be great to have an annotated list of accounts of gay animals from throughout history to point people towards so they can’t say its chemicals in the water or microplastics turning animals gay in the current era.
It doesn’t mention any historical examples from before 1990 due to cultural prejudice but I’d be shocked if the Greeks and Romans didn’t write on the subject, being such avid observers of the natural world. Sounds like a fun research project for a historian, I’m sure it’s out there.
Alex Jones’ well known statement that “they’re putting chemicals in the water that turn the fricking frogs gay” isn’t enough for them to support even the most basic environmental regulation.
A nice thought that there are inroads on the environment among the paranoid set of conservatives, maybe worth exploring. I recall studies showing some kinds of chemical effluent having gender based effects on fish at least, which might be the origin of Alex’s bizarre theory.
Haven’t seen the documentary but would be great to have an annotated list of accounts of gay animals from throughout history to point people towards so they can’t say its chemicals in the water or microplastics turning animals gay in the current era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals
Like, all of them. But for specific examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_displaying_homosexual_behavior
It doesn’t mention any historical examples from before 1990 due to cultural prejudice but I’d be shocked if the Greeks and Romans didn’t write on the subject, being such avid observers of the natural world. Sounds like a fun research project for a historian, I’m sure it’s out there.
Tbf I wouldn’t mind them thinking microplastics turned animals gay, maybe they’d be inclined to do something about it
Alex Jones’ well known statement that “they’re putting chemicals in the water that turn the fricking frogs gay” isn’t enough for them to support even the most basic environmental regulation.
A nice thought that there are inroads on the environment among the paranoid set of conservatives, maybe worth exploring. I recall studies showing some kinds of chemical effluent having gender based effects on fish at least, which might be the origin of Alex’s bizarre theory.