Figures, just look at this guy:




oh, wait, there is a real story here:

Mercury Poisoning Makes Birds Act Homosexual
Metal may influence sexual development in white ibises, expert says.

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"Male birds that eat mercury-contaminated food show "surprising" homosexual behavior, scientists have found. In a recent experiment in captive white ibises, many of the males exposed to the metal chose other males as mates. These "male-male pairs did everything that a heterosexual pair would do," said study leader Peter Frederick, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "They built their nest, copulated together, stayed together on a nest for a month, even though there were no eggs—they did the whole nine yards.""

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101203-homosexual-birds-mercury-science/?source=email_inside

[Edited on December 8, 2010 at 8:31 AM. Reason : fael]

12/8/2010 8:30:42 AM

[gay]

12/8/2010 8:33:47 AM

[Edited on December 8, 2010 at 8:38 AM. Reason : lol the bird got poisoned and caught the gay]

12/8/2010 8:37:49 AM

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"copulated together"

how do 2 male bird 'copulate'? buttsex cloacasex?

12/8/2010 8:41:33 AM

My guess is scissoring.

12/8/2010 10:06:29 AM

so 'you caught the gay' really is true now

12/8/2010 10:11:42 AM

Hmmm....Jesus did eat a lot of fish...and he gave out a lot of fish to his followers.

THERE THAT PROVES IT...Jesus is cool with the gays.

12/8/2010 10:24:56 AM

Story checks out. He's crazy 'bout some mercury.

12/8/2010 10:31:29 AM

12/8/2010 10:34:16 AM

A most excellent opening op. *claps*

12/8/2010 10:34:28 AM

It's true. All the 18th century hatters were gay.

12/8/2010 10:36:32 AM

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"Hmmm....Jesus did eat a lot of fish...and he gave out a lot of fish to his followers. THERE THAT PROVES IT...Jesus is cool with the gays."

creative, but completely inaccurate.

the mercury in fish is because of the massive levels of pollution from the last few decades at the most.

12/8/2010 12:23:59 PM

i came in here to menion freddy i shoulda known

12/8/2010 12:50:47 PM

12/8/2010 1:20:04 PM

menion

12/8/2010 1:20:58 PM

^^ that was actually my initial intent, but Freddy Mercury popped up first and he was infinitely more entertaining.

12/8/2010 2:58:42 PM

Mercury is also a pretty gay little planet.

It hangs out with Venus way too much.

12/8/2010 3:04:13 PM

Freddy Murcury isn't gay... you're thinking of Dio

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

12/8/2010 3:07:12 PM

Well that certainly explains

12/8/2010 3:29:13 PM

I see what you did there.

12/8/2010 3:30:10 PM

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"but Freddy Mercury popped up first and he was infinitely more entertaining."

and of the homosexual persuasion

12/8/2010 3:31:43 PM

^ oh and,

Quote :

"A most excellent opening op. *claps*"

12/8/2010 5:16:07 PM

How do we know that Homosexuality doesn't cause Mercury?

HOW DO WE KNOW!?

12/8/2010 5:26:17 PM

Yeah, that first post was 10/10

12/8/2010 6:27:26 PM

well it would explain all the hats....

i do wonder if the overall concentrations of mercury have increased historically that much... (most of it is released by the burning of coal (the companies whine that it would be just too hard to capture it out of emissions... boo fucking hoo)

12/8/2010 6:47:47 PM