Science meets sexuality in this eye-opening tribute to the natural world, from same-sex penguin couples to the fluid sexual expression of Dungowan bush tomatoes
Magnificently illustrated and thoroughly delightful, A Little Gay Natural History explores the incredible spectrum of sexual diversity in the animal and plant kingdoms, including profiles on:- Jack-in-the-pulpit plant changes its sex depending on its energy production.
- Komodo dragon reproduces without sex, the largest species in the world to do so.
- Giraffe engages in more male-male sexual behavior than male-female sexual behavior in some populations.
- Eel doesn’t develop sexual organs until settling in rivers and basing it on the population’s male to female ratio.
- Morpho butterfly possesses wings that are genetically male on one side and genetically female on the other.
- Slime mold has hundreds of different sexes.