Male-Male Termite Pair Makes Nests (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Male-Male Termite Pair Makes Nests

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A male-male termite pair makes nests, just as heterosexual termite couples do. Male Japanese termites form homosexual couples when no females are around -- and when the chance arises, they take over a heterosexual couple's nest and kill the male so that one of them can mate with the now spouseless female. The study supports a theory that homosexual couplings in invertebrates have evolutionary advantages.

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Nobuaki Mizumoto

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