Scavenging Daddies

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Chick Successfully Raised by Gay Vulture Dads Is Released Into the Wild (Towleroad)

 

See, I can do clickbait titles too.

 

Every so often someone asks how same-sex attraction between humans has remained despite no apparent evolutionary purpose. We can also ask that about same-sex animal pairs. Perhaps it is for the purpose of raising young when the mother (or parents, in the case of humans) is unable to.

[+ sniper]

My personal armchair theory is a brake on overpopulation, and having childless aunts and uncles around helps lighten the load of parents and increases the odds of their offspring's survival.