'Bi-sexual' beetles don't swing both ways...they're just inept at mating, study shows

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From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/10/bi-sexual-beetles-dont-swing-waystheyre-just-inept-mating-study/

‘Bi-sexual’ beetles don’t swing both ways...they’re just inept at mating, study shows


Beetles are not gay, just inept at mating when the choice is too great
CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

By Sarah Knapton, science editor
10 MAY 2018 • 2:45PM

It is a finding likely to send shockwaves through the diminutive world of insect sexual politics.

Scientists have concluded that male insects which mate with other male insects are not gay, or even bisexual. They are just hugely incompetent.

More than 100 species of insects engage in some kind of same-sex mating, and in some species it is more common than heterosexual mating.

But the practice has long puzzled researchers because it takes time and energy, risks disease and injury and offers no benefits in passing down genes to future generations.

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1. Let's hope Mike Pence doesn't find out about this

He will probably try to ban Beatles music on the radio.