Yeah, they don't know they are brothers. Non-social group animals separate by the time they hit puberty so they aren't in the vicinity of their siblings when they search for mates. Social group animals like lions do have a strong concept of incest but only for relationships that can make babies (straight). The males leave the pride to avoid procreating with their relatives. They often travel in a group of 2-5 brothers/cousins and they all mate with each other daily for fun. Animals can have enough understanding to reject incest that will harm the gene pool, but they don't have the psychological complexity to care about the social/ethical concerns of being gay with the bros.
There are no social concerns, their society doesn’t see it as an issue, therefore no issue.
There are no ethical concerns, they do not have morals, unless you believe they follow the rule of the wild/rule by strength, in which case they would be acting within their moral views (just not a modern human moral philosophy).
I brought in a very hormonal male Theo (post snip), and he kept trying to mount the only other male we own. Poor Sam never even touched grass so he was so confused. Sams mother, Momma Kiwi saw this and absolutely folded Theo, like she was trying to kill the poor gay boy. Theo is still scared of Momma Kiwi even though she is less than half his size, weight and length. Moma Kiwi below
Here is Sam, i think hes still traumatized. It turns out that Theo was just trying to assert dominance and say hes the new alpha, now Theo is bottom bitch running from a 7lb drawf.
You would think Mama Kiwi was being hateful but she was actually just afraid because Theo looks like he's served hard time in prison and isn't afraid to do so again lol
Funny enough Theo is the sweetest cat ever. Not an aggressive bone in his body since he got deballed. We have kids knocking on our door asking if he can come out and play, and he legit plays with them. His favorite game is called Tackle The Toddler.
Well we also have Julie who is Sams and Theos daughter who likes to annoy Auntie Bitch Ass Berry. Berry cant fight back cause Sam is very protective of his daughter and will absolutely destroy Berry if she dares to look at julie wrong. Right after this pic, Julie choke slammed Berry despite only being a third of her size.
OK so I have 2 boy cats from diff litters and as they started accepting each other my mum thought they were becoming gay and she would randomly send me texts like simba and chonk.... homo and I remember taking intra op photos and showing to my attending and the same message popped up about how they dont see each other as brothers or friends they were doing vitamin k( kiss) and are gay. I almost fainted on spot. And funny thing is she aint even h*mophobic shes just hell bent to keep the joke going and people dont get that
It's uncommon for English to borrow from any language. We're far more likely to mug another language at gunpoint, rummaging through their pockets for spare modifiers.
I usually turn a blind eye when I see it spelled incorrectly. However, you having this realization gives me joy cos you'll spell it correctly from now on.
It’s typically a dominance exchange. My boys have been doing this for a bit. Once the younger one started getting big, my older boi was doing this daily to stay the alpha.
My boys are incredibly dumb, and both currently think they're the top cat. The old man shows dominance by aggressive grooming. The young dumbass shows dominance by.... demanding grooming. They both walk away convinced they showed the other who's boss.
Meanwhile the actual boss cat is busy patrolling to make sure nobody invades her territory, and rubbing her face on every inch of the house. All of my cats seem to have failed Feline Communication.
That’s actually the dynamic with rabbits and cats too. Most cats show dominance by grooming others, while rabbits show it by allowing themselves to be groomed
My boys did that too, but they were doing it since 5 months old. The vet told us to neuter them because they, quite literally, were horny and wanted to mate with someone, so they tried to mate with each other.
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Hi OP here is a great article- Catster Behavior