Tranquillusionist: Gay Animals

The Allusionist

Helen Zaltzman

Arts, Education, Words, Linguistics, History, Entertainment, Helen Zaltzman, Etymology, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, say a load of words which aren’t really about anything, so that your brain gets a little gentle diversion from thinking and/or feeling. Today: a list of gay animals.

Find a transcript at theallusionist.org/gay-animals. Several other Tranquillusionists and nearly 200 Allusionist episodess that are actually about something - are at theallusionist.org.

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The Allusionist is produced by me, Helen Zaltzman. Martin Austwick composed and played the original music. Hear Martin’s own songs via PaleBirdMusic.com. Information about gay animals was derived from Bruce Bagemihl's work Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity.

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0:00.0	This is the tranquilusionist. In which I, Helen Zatzman, say a load of words which
0:10.1	aren't really about anything, so that your brain gets a little gentle diversion from thinking
0:15.3	and or feeling. This is not a regular episode of the illusionist where you're supposed
0:20.6	to think and or feel things. The tranquilusionist is meant to be a bit dull, and maybe it'll help
0:25.9	you get to sleep or at least turn your existential screaming down to 11. Today I shall be reading
0:32.1	a list of gay animals, that is animals that have been observed and documented doing romantic
0:38.4	and sexual things with animals of the same sex. These are just the ones that have been
0:43.7	recorded, which often didn't happen because editorialising. I wish to celebratery and
0:49.6	safe pride to all us queer animals, on with the tranquilusionist.
0:54.3	A Cornwood Becker, Adelie Pingwin, African Buffalo, African Elephant, Adjar Wallaby, Alphalpha
1:10.0	Weevall, Amazon Mollie, Amazon River Dolphin, American Bison, American Flamingo, American
1:19.2	Herring Girl, Anglophish, Anna's Hummingbird, Anoli, Antelope, Appalachian Woodland Salamander,
1:30.9	Asian Elephant, Asiatic Muflong, Atlantic Spotting Dolphin, Australian parasitic wasp, Australian
1:41.6	sea lion, Australian shell duck, Aztec Parakeet, Bank swallow.
1:50.4	Barra singer, also known as Swamp deer, Barra singer means 12 horned in Hindi, Barbary
1:56.6	sheep, aka Outad, Barbostell bats, Barnell, Bean Weevall, Bearded Dragon, Bearded Vulture,
2:08.9	Xsteen's Bat, Bedbog, apparently bedbugs are sexually attracted to those who have just
2:15.4	been fed, Baluga, Bengali's Finch, Domestic, Barrel, Blue sheep, By coloured and bird,
2:26.9	Big Hornsheep, Black Bear, Black build Magpie, Black Buck, Black capped chickadee.
2:35.7	My friend Benjamin Partridge told me the other day that Americans came up with the name
2:39.4	Chickadee for these birds, so they didn't have to use the bird's other name, Tit.
2:43.6	I've not found verification of this, but why would Benjamin Partridge lie about his
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