-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email "Queer Planet," a new documentary now streaming on Peacock, opens with a pair of bighorn sheep, both males, who are literally butting heads. As they repeatedly slam against each other, viewers may assume we are witnessing a violent battle to the death. Perhaps the two bighorn sheep were fighting over territory or food, or maybe there was some ovine slight imperceptible to human eyes.
"The biggest hurdle to overcome with normalising the queerness of nature will always be those people who shout the loudest." Except that isn't what's happening. In a move that epitomizes the entire experience of watching "Queer Planet," the filmmakers subvert the audience's expectations about nature documentaries — and, by extension, nature itself.
It turns out the male bighorn sheep weren't rivals; they were sexual partners, engaged in what could be characterized as a lovers' quarrel. Queerness is everywhere in nature, despite claims to the contrary and "Queer Planet" underlines that sexual diversity isn't just an anomaly. In fact, it's worth celebrating.
Related Jaguars are returning to America, but Fish and Wildlife Service don't think they need protections Take clown fish. The family unit shown in the 2003 animated movie " Finding Nemo " is, at first glance, reasonably close to the truth: Clown fish units include one female, one male and many juvenile males, all of whom take care of their babies together. Yet when a predator or other unfortunate event.
