Gay lion? incomplete

A wildlife photographer took amazing photos of two male lions in Masai Mara, Kenya. Paul Goldstein/coverimages/newscom) Two male lions in a photo seem to be hugging deeply, and some humans are holding their pearls.

This photo was taken after the publication of Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Isokir, CEO of Kenya Film Classification Committee? Ezekiel Mutua told Nairobi News that he blamed human beings (or demons) for the growth of men. "Obviously, they are influenced by homosexuality. They went to the national park and didn't perform well. " It was suggested that lions should be isolated for research, because "the demon spirit suffered by human beings seems to have caught up with animals."

The true story behind the photo shows that Mutuya made some mistakes. More and more behaviors are not actually sexual behaviors. Experts say that officials blame human motivation on animal behavior. Craig parker, director of the Lion Research Center of the University of Minnesota, told Life Science: "Gay animals: wild 10 different lifestyles."

"Very rare. This is not real sex. It tells us more about Kenyan officials and their fear of homosexuality. " This is a strange overreaction.

This is not the first time lion lovers have seen two lions embracing in the same sex. 20/kloc-in March of 0/6, another photographer photographed a lion riding on the hump of another lion in Botswana.

The latest photo was taken by paolo goltz Tan, who is the guidebook of Exodus in Britain. He said that the lions stood side by side first, then lay down on one side and rode on the other. Goldstein said in the caption that the lion stayed there for more than a minute.

Even after getting off the horse, she didn't flinch as usual after mating. He climbed to the mouth of another lion, wanted a kiss, and then gave it a sly look, "Goldstein said."

This sequence is very similar to that described in Botswana, where two lions stayed in the mating position for a long time. But in both cases, Parker said, the lions didn't mate. When male lions mate, they will enthusiastically guard a lioness who has been receiving * * * for several days at a time, and once every half hour or so to keep other male lions away from the lioness. Parker said that the male lion became * * * almost immediately after inserting it into the female lion, accompanied by a specific howl.

Parker said that in Kenya, the behavior of males to males is completely different, and the males at the top are not * * *.

On the contrary, this photo captures a rare moment of social connection between lions. These lions have been trying to reproduce all their lives. In order to increase their chances of winning, they are divided into groups of two, three or more people, which are called alliances. Parker said that these organizations cooperated to drive away the males of competitors and took over the pride of females, killing all the babies born by previous males. Parker said that as early as the 1970s, long-term research showed that lions could become a part of the alliance, especially a larger part, have more opportunities to contact with the lioness, and eventually produce more surviving offspring than other individuals. They will plop plop plop, lick each other and rub each other's faces. In rare cases, they will show more and more behaviors witnessed by Goldstein. This seems to be a way to relieve social tension. Parker said that baboons and many other social mammals have the same behavior. He added that the lioness would do the same.

"This is a social interaction that has nothing to do with sex," he said.

This is an original article about life science.