Same-Sex Overtures Across Species

Dung Fly
Clive Druett / Papilio / CORBIS

Dung flies
Some males may mount other males as a way to keep them down, quite literally — to keep them from accessing available females that are flying overhead. The dominant male dung flies then use the opportunity to get to the females first.

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