• @SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        The all wise, loving and merciful creator who makes things and then hates them for existing according to some. Like these degenerate bears. And then you’ll get some that say things like “as long as these bears aren’t penetrating each other with strap ons, I guess I can tolerate them.” Completely oblivious to how fucking weird it is to be concerned with the finer details of how two bears are fucking in their den underground, away in a forest, in some other country probably.

        • @kautau@lemmy.world
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          77 months ago

          Often they’re just jealous that they’re missing out, or scared that if they joined in they’d probably like it

    • @tjarod11@lemmy.world
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      117 months ago

      In the Bible, God sent bears to kill kids for making fun of a bald guy. Jesus cursed a fig tree for not being ripe. The two are certainly cut from the same cloth, and yet Jesus would still be mortified.

      • Arlaerion
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        37 months ago

        Fist time I read that passage (Mark 11:12):

        12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

        That last phrase though, as if the writer wants to tell us: “Look here, jesus is an asshole!”

  • The Assman
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    97 months ago

    I mean are they making fuzzy scissors or are they just hangin out?

  • @rosymind@leminal.space
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    87 months ago

    I’m a little confused by the lesbian assessment given that they have cubs. Surely if they were sexually attracted only to other females they’d be cubless?

    Maybe they’re bi-sexual. Maybe they’re sisters. Maybe they’re friends. If they’re truly lesbian then those cubs were either adopted or artificially inseminatesd by a zoo because…

    Yeah I’m over thinking this, aren’t I? Fine, lesbian bears and their cubs why not

  • @TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
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    27 months ago

    Homosex makes so much sense in social animals. Animals already know how to have sex, so using it to communicate with the same sex repurposes a preexisting feature. If reproductive sex increases social bonds already, why not use sex for increasing other social bonds? In this case, hooking up with another mother bear allows the entire unit to have better chances of survival. Your direct genetic offspring have a better chance, thus the tendency to fuck with both sexes gets passed on, as does the tendency to care for children other than your own.

    Gex might play an important role in social animals’ survival, and also their ability to have empathy with all members of your species, even if not directly related.