Here's something I've been curious about for some time now. Some humans are born homosexual or intersex. Do you think some animals are born that way too?
My friend Carol and her husband kept a herd of appaloosa horses - a bunch of mares and a stallion. They were all in the pasture together. There was one mare in the herd that acted stallion-like, mounting the other mares, etc. And the stallion always chased her and tried to fight with her, and he never bred her. It would have been interesting to do a necropsy and see her interior workings.
I've always wondered if this could be true with tortoises, and maybe a reason why there were never eggs or fertile eggs.
Anyone want to discuss?
My friend Carol and her husband kept a herd of appaloosa horses - a bunch of mares and a stallion. They were all in the pasture together. There was one mare in the herd that acted stallion-like, mounting the other mares, etc. And the stallion always chased her and tried to fight with her, and he never bred her. It would have been interesting to do a necropsy and see her interior workings.
I've always wondered if this could be true with tortoises, and maybe a reason why there were never eggs or fertile eggs.
Anyone want to discuss?