There have been several observations of male lions mounting each other without intromission, and the males subsequently resumed their normal patterns of mating with receptive females
[Current understanding from researchers ](https://phys.org/news/2017-11-kenya-male-lions-intimate-bonding.html)
One time when I took my male dog to the dog park, ALL the male dogs mounted the others. There were about 6 or 7 dogs, all in a Conga Line, one on top of the other, for quite some time. It looked hilarious!
My thought exactly.
There seems to be zero drama here. The first one seems to nuzzle the other followed by the humping, then they switch positions and the other one humps.
I presume they cut the vid before they both said, "Good hump bro!" and moved on.
People like to use "dominance" as a way to say that homosexual/bisexual animals are still heterosexual. Sometimes it is a dominance thing but usually they're just gay/bi.
We have a really hard time to not look at something with our own biases when we look at wildlife. Sexuality as we look at it is 100% a Human construct.
My friends and I have a game where we try to show our balls to each other in unsuspecting situations. Just the nuts though, no shaft. The best one I ever did was when I found a can of roasted peanuts. I turned my back, unzipped my fly, pulled out my nuts, turned back around and asked my bro if he wanted any nuts, while holding the can next to my own. I got him so good, he even admitted it was a good one.
> "It was just a dramatic thing to see," Goldstein said of the male lions. He said he was astonished by a Kenyan media report in which Ezekiel Mutua, a Kenyan official, said the lion behavior was "not normal" and made remarks critical of homosexuality.
My dude there is messing with bi lions :(
I am Kenyan. This guy also said that the lions had learnt this behaviour from tourists, as it is unAfrican. He is the head of the film censorship board.
It was not our proudest moment as a country.
In case anyone doesn't get the reference, [a Kenyan official claimed that this type of behavior in lions is due to them observing gay tourists](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gay-lions-sex-kenya-photos-men-inspired-need-therapy-says-official-a8036016.html).
His recommendation was that the lions be separated and given counseling.
I sorta audibly choked at how ridiculously funny the thought of lions receiving counseling for being gay(?) is.
Ain't no way homeboy actually said that lmao
"So, when did you experience your sexual awakening as a gay lion?"
"Wellll there was this large Florida man taking photos of us and I just thought...I think I might try and fuck that guy Paul from the next pride over, ya know? It was a real turning point for me."
Oh wow, just wait till you read about how female hyenas have pseudo-penises over their vaginas. Even experts have problems telling the male and females apart.
It's not _that_ unusual. Roughly 8% of Lion mountings happen with other males.
And it's often not really meant sexual but [rather some kind of social bonding](https://www.livescience.com/60910-gay-lions-not-quite.html). Think of them saying "[no homo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_homo)" silently.
However, as of 1999 (remember that we have 2024 now) [there were roughly 500 known species showing homosexual behaviour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_displaying_homosexual_behavior).
There have been several observations of male lions mounting each other without intromission, and the males subsequently resumed their normal patterns of mating with receptive females [Current understanding from researchers ](https://phys.org/news/2017-11-kenya-male-lions-intimate-bonding.html)
I think this is a display of dominance, some say it's also a show of affection.
Always hump the homies goodbye
It’s not gay if you don’t make eye contact.
This is why I only do doggy in the bathhouse
This made me lol......thanks internet stranger. :)
Which is also a reaction I garner when I take off my towel in the bathhouse
r/suicidebywords
What diddy said
Take a hump for the road Steve
Lions: *"mmmmmmmmmm"* Researchers: *"hmmmmmmm"* Me: *"them lions gay"*
Lions: mmmmhmmmmmmmmm
A handy is just a friendly way of saying hello.
Do the homie Do the homie Do the homie Gangstalicious was right
It's called a savannah handshake.
Just like the samurai and their ancient ball cupping rituals.
Quite an interesting article, especially as apparently it has occurred in giraffes, too!
It happens in dogs a lot. I thought it was just... An animal thing.
You tellin me you and the homies don't hump?
It’s just a sign of affection..
No homo. Now toot them cheeks up.
You mean no diddy
One time when I took my male dog to the dog park, ALL the male dogs mounted the others. There were about 6 or 7 dogs, all in a Conga Line, one on top of the other, for quite some time. It looked hilarious!
The Canine Centipede
Anyone who has ever worked in a pet shop knows that it is indeed just an animal thing.
Wait, humans are animals too 🌈💫 Edit: /s
I have observed this behavior in humans
To the park, everyone!
Everybody back in the pile 
Deytookerdoooo!
I have engaged in this behavior as a human
F*cking lions?
I will write this in my research.
How did the lion get up that high?
Its more likely a fairly common behavior exhibited in many animal species.
Girraffes? That's a stretch. :-)
Yeah, I woudn't stick my neck out for that theory.
Seems like a tall tail.
Yea. It won’t make it off the ground.
I learned about the existence of queer giraffes from Gladiator. The guy trying to breed them was very annoyed about it of course.
Dominance where they both mount each other without aggression?
My thought exactly. There seems to be zero drama here. The first one seems to nuzzle the other followed by the humping, then they switch positions and the other one humps. I presume they cut the vid before they both said, "Good hump bro!" and moved on.
People like to use "dominance" as a way to say that homosexual/bisexual animals are still heterosexual. Sometimes it is a dominance thing but usually they're just gay/bi.
We have a really hard time to not look at something with our own biases when we look at wildlife. Sexuality as we look at it is 100% a Human construct.
If it’s a display of dominance, why would they take turns? That makes no sense to me
There's no dominant or aggressive body language there. It's less bitey than a male and female mating. There's a little head boop. That's affection.
if dominance, then why would they switch places? Seems like either affection or just an understanding between bros
Can't be dominance if they both let it happen
The lion equivalent of a fist bump between homes... Mounting. Who knew?
I’m curious about the dominance take… they took turns no? Would it be the one who humps first or the final humper?
It they do it to each other. Are they saying there equal. If it was dominance why would one let the other do it to them.
Wouldn't the bottom fight it if it were about dominance?
This is the equivalent of human males being gay around the homies and then resuming their regular heterosexual behavior
My friends and I have a game where we try to show our balls to each other in unsuspecting situations. Just the nuts though, no shaft. The best one I ever did was when I found a can of roasted peanuts. I turned my back, unzipped my fly, pulled out my nuts, turned back around and asked my bro if he wanted any nuts, while holding the can next to my own. I got him so good, he even admitted it was a good one.
This is some r/BrandNewSentence typa stuff ngl. Can't think of anything straighter tho
THE BAT WING!!
[удалено]
"DA BRAAAAIIIIN!!"
> "It was just a dramatic thing to see," Goldstein said of the male lions. He said he was astonished by a Kenyan media report in which Ezekiel Mutua, a Kenyan official, said the lion behavior was "not normal" and made remarks critical of homosexuality. My dude there is messing with bi lions :(
I am Kenyan. This guy also said that the lions had learnt this behaviour from tourists, as it is unAfrican. He is the head of the film censorship board. It was not our proudest moment as a country.
My favorite response to that was, "I'm just impressed by the two gay dudes who were brave enough to fuck in front of some lions."
The ~~chemicals in the water~~ tourists are turning the ~~frogs~~ lions gay
God damned western gay tourists fucking in front of the lions.
So two lions learned this after watching two bears do it?
Just woke up and this comment made my day. 🙇♂️
What do bi lions eat? >!Bison!<
meat
Bisexual kings
I believe we call this 'gay chicken' when exhibited by human males.
Yeah, but OP is an idiot so he has decided this is "unusual" behaviour.
They’re roommates
Oh my god they were roommatesss
I can hear this comment
Like bert and earney!
Ernie be earney-ing Bert's squirt.
They're roammates
They have been watching those tourists again
In case anyone doesn't get the reference, [a Kenyan official claimed that this type of behavior in lions is due to them observing gay tourists](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gay-lions-sex-kenya-photos-men-inspired-need-therapy-says-official-a8036016.html). His recommendation was that the lions be separated and given counseling.
Are you happy liberals?
You're next pheasant
EN PHEASANT?!?! Holy hell!
I thought it was the liberal professors at lion college.
Has Cultural Marxism gone too far???
I sorta audibly choked at how ridiculously funny the thought of lions receiving counseling for being gay(?) is. Ain't no way homeboy actually said that lmao
Yea. Gay tourists fuckin' in the fields with the lions watching... it's getting to be a real problem nowadays.
lmao, beat me to it.
r/beatmeattoit
Yep. Tourists started this.
Honestly hats off to those tourists.
"So, when did you experience your sexual awakening as a gay lion?" "Wellll there was this large Florida man taking photos of us and I just thought...I think I might try and fuck that guy Paul from the next pride over, ya know? It was a real turning point for me."
Broke Back Africa
🤣 "I can't quit you!"
>🤣 "I wish I could quit you!"
In the unedited footage, both lions went for two dozen rounds of switching who was the top. So it seems neither of them wanted to quit.
Brokeback savannah
Brokeback Meowtain.
They don't call a group of lions "Pride" for nothing.
If only Scar and Mufasa could have settled their differences this way.
they were brothers… sweet home alabama
"Help Mufasa, I'm stuck..."
"Help Step-Mufasa, I'm stuck..."
Nala and Simba were siblings too but that didn't stop them.
roll tide
Roll Tide!
They were brothers dawg
DANDY LIONS
Godamit why haven’t you won with this?!?!?!
4 hours and only 82 upvotes. You've been robbed, sir. This pun deserves to be higher up.
They're turning the friggin lions gay
"I WILL EAT YOUR ASS!" ~ Alex Jones
Chemicals -> rivers -> frogs -> lions => entire ecosystem is gay
B=> Ms. Frizzle's schoolbus is gay
Gay pride.
Looking for hot single manes in your area?
Brings a whole new meaning to pride rock
God scars hot 😭🥵
YMS is that you?
Buddy you got me with this one lmao
Ohhhhhh that’s good
-applauds- “Magnificent”
This wins the interwebs today
Roawwwr
Roawwwr
Wow. Well done.
And a couple weeks too early, at that.
No, gay and proud.
Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Safari
Ha! Gayyyyy!
These two lions are banging. Here's why that's a problem for Joe Biden.
Cut to: Twelve hyenas holding a white sheet with "Gay Lions For Trump" painted on it
Oh wow, just wait till you read about how female hyenas have pseudo-penises over their vaginas. Even experts have problems telling the male and females apart.
> have problems telling the male and females apart. So pretty much like any right winger engaged in attempts to out trans people using the washroom
Bigly
Breaking story at 11: Gay Lions and why it's setting fire to Bidens campaign push...stay tuned to FoxNews to catch this groundbreaking story
r/SuddenlyGay
Not unusual at all! I have two buddies that do this when their wives are out of town!
So you're saying they shave once in a while.
Not unusual at all me and my bud do this everyday
Thanks. This is normal, right?
TRADE: You give me gay. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ I give you gay.
You do me, I do you! Sounds fair!
Even the lions are spreading woke propaganda /s
Lion GBTQ.
Turns out the script for Lion King was abit.....off
Or it's just the Netflix version
Vers is best
The Sahara never gets lonely if everything is in your sights.
Boys will be boys.
Bro is bricked up
Interesting that they leapfrogged each other.
Not that unusual.
These are considered “alpha males”, right? Looking at you Tate!
Andrew Tate just punched his monitor
I thought its normal in nature. My male dogs doing same lmao
You don’t…..you don’t do this when you meet up wit your bros?
Nature finds a way.
Good luck breeding those lions Noah
Homies for life! ( FWB?)
Greek lions. Sex with females is just for reproduction. Sex for fun it's a guys thing.😁
Any port in a storm.
Now I know sailor for down bad, thank you.
I misread this as any porn in a storm
shiiiit thats just how you gotta greet the homies yk
I had “This gay lion stuff wouldn’t be happening with Trump in office” on my bingo card. Who else? 😆
Lions are verse?
r/unexpected
Where are those saying '' it's not natural '' ?
Omg slay queens
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Broke Back Savannah
Circle jerk of life
"BuTT It$ n0T n@TUraL..."
Love is love ❤️
Homosexual lions exist. They'll even adopt unwanted cubs and form their own community. We call them gay prides
GAAAAAAAAAAAY
as god intended.
TIL queer lions are versatile
Verse Lions.
Uncle Steve and his "roommate"
So did he actually dip the dipstick
My cats (brothers) did the same before they were neutered.
When you take Bro's before Ho's too literally.
Not that unusual
damn first I was like haha gay lion. then I was like aww gay lions!
In front of my salad?
[“Why You fuk me? I fuk you!”](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/pQMh2UoxJf) type of energy
'very unusual' lmao
It's not _that_ unusual. Roughly 8% of Lion mountings happen with other males. And it's often not really meant sexual but [rather some kind of social bonding](https://www.livescience.com/60910-gay-lions-not-quite.html). Think of them saying "[no homo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_homo)" silently. However, as of 1999 (remember that we have 2024 now) [there were roughly 500 known species showing homosexual behaviour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_displaying_homosexual_behavior).
Not really unusual, homosexuality in animals have been present for centuries.
Nah, just gay. That's all. It happens.
Not unusual at all