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Home / Random Facts / Up to 10% of male sheep consistently choose other males as mates—even when fertile females are around

Up to 10% of male sheep consistently choose other males as mates—even when fertile females are around

Updated on December 16, 2025June 3, 2025
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Some rams just prefer other rams.

Around 10% of male sheep, aka rams, consistently choose other males as mates—even when fertile females are around. So roughly around one in ten male sheep are gay.

Learn more >> https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3085551/

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