Queens of the jungle, anyone? Heh?
Amateur wildlife photographer Russ Bridges managed to snap a series of photos that find two adult male lions at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in a rather compromising position. As one lion pins down the other, a lioness lies idly nearby, no doubt all “wtf?”
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“There are two males and a female in that pride,” Bridges tells The Independent. “One of the lions suddenly got up, walked over, and jumped on his friend’s back.”
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“A fair few people were watching this going on and laughing – they were all commenting on what it looked like.
I think it was a bit of a ‘should have gone to Specsavers’ moment as the lioness was just lying there next to them.
In fairness though, every time a male went near her she snarled and swiped their faces with her paw.
It’s not really unusual for them to act that way sometimes. I don’t know if it’s a dominance thing or something like that – it looks as if they are aggressive, but it’s all play between friends….
Usually they lay asleep doing nothing when I go to photograph them, but this time they were up and about.
My favorite shot is the one where he appears to be sticking his tongue out.
I’ve never seen a shot of two males on top of one another with one sticking his tongue out before – it’s like he’s showing some pride in what he’s doing.”
You can see more photos here, if you’re so inclined.
Juanjo
Nice kitty ….
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
And my dog too vigorously humped my cat and never met a cushion or pillow that it didn’t wanna hump..and it was a female. Don’t know what these stories are supposed to communicate to homophobes (which I guess is the point) don’t already see already. We’re not felines or penguins or [insert fabulous gay heroic animal here]. Maybe apes..but the rest is silly and often misleading anthropomorphism.
Crystix
Some things dont have an agenda. Some things are just meant to brighten your day.
“Here, look, two male lions copulating”
Its funny, its gay, lighten up.
paul dorian lord fredine
get off your high horse, it’s making your ass look fat.
Aranos
‘We’re no felines’: That is a typical argument of homophobes. One day they argue homosexuality is unnatural as it does not occur in animals and when proven wrong, they argue ‘but we’re not animals’. Ask yourself why you make this homophobic and obviously contradictory argumentation your own. And by the way, we’re not felines, but we’re mammals, and the sexual behaviour in mammals can very well explain a lot in human sexuality. Read: ‘Homosexuality in animals: An evolutionary prospective’. In general I would suggest to het informed first before talking about such a complex subject and before giving in to your internalized homophobia.
Brian
These lions were abused and then rescued. Now they live in a “park” that is really just a small outdoor zoo. Now this is just a lesser form of abuse for animals that are too insane to return to the wild.
Suffice it to say, this is a poor example of lion behavior.
What’s really interesting is that many wild animals do exhibit same-sex interactions, and many will establish long-term relationships – partnering to protect a territory, grooming each other, etc., in addition to the “sex.” There are countless examples of this without having to resort to the crazy captive animals like these two.
DCguy
Awww, the anti-lgbt troll also wants to put forth the long disproved excuse that lgbt people were abused.
Queerty, at what point do you finally realize these screenames aren’t merely Log cambiners, they are anti-lgbt trolls on here to always attack anything?
Oh, and by the way “Brian” Homosexuality has long been observed in nature here are hundreds of accounts.
https://us.macmillan.com/biologicalexuberance/brucebagemihl/9780312253776
iggy6666
Oh look. Dcguy aka CAM trying to stir up shit again!!
Brian is just comparing wild animals to animals in captivity. Stating the obvious, which would be things like population limitations effecting social interaction and interference by humans. VS complete freedom of choice by animals in their natural habitat..
But leave it to Dcguy aka CAM to over analyze everything, call people trolls, multi screen name accusations. When you yourself used to go by CAM.
NICE TRY THOUGH…… NICE TRY…. Did I say Nice try enough? Awww look I can talk like a super passive aggressive ass too….. AWWWW.
paul dorian lord fredine
well, so much for ‘we’re just friends…’.
OzJosh
“Wildlife photographer Russ Bridges” is either pathetically coy or as thick as two planks.
dubstepskater94
The Lioness is the fag hag… lol
broadshoulder
Yep, even the lions in Britain are gay
dean089
Contrary to what backward thinkers think, this goes on in the animal kingdom all the time. It’s totally natural. Religion is what’s unnatural.
Jaxton
The lioness is angry at the male homosexual impulse. That’s why she swiped her paw at the male lions when they tried to mate with her.
Females in general find the male homosexual impulse very threatening. It destroys girl power. It weakens a woman’s ability to own a man’s sexuality. It’s a threat to her “territory”.
This is why women are so intolerant of male bisexuality.
iggy6666
Sweet jesus. Leave it up to the original Brian to make this into an opportunity to bash women. At first, I thought this was a parody of what BRIAN would say……
Haven’t logged on in months but words like “homosexual desire” are a dead ringer…….