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There is something wrong but very right about this Bible illustration There is something wrong but very right about this Bible illustration
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The image above, found in Arcturus' Children’s Bible: Illustrated Stories from the Old and New Testaments, shows what at first looks to be a pretty standard depiction of animals boarding Noah's ark two-by-two.The image above, found in Arcturus' Children’s Bible: Illustrated Stories from the Old and New Testaments, shows what at first looks to be a pretty standard depiction of animals boarding Noah's ark two-by-two.
But, due to sexual dimorphism, adult female lions are unable to grow manes, so that's definitely two dude lions you are looking at being loaded on for sexual purposes.But, due to sexual dimorphism, adult female lions are unable to grow manes, so that's definitely two dude lions you are looking at being loaded on for sexual purposes.
I doubt this was a conscious decision snuck in by the illustrator but it's a pleasing error all the same.I doubt this was a conscious decision snuck in by the illustrator but it's a pleasing error all the same.
If children must be taught the Bible, at least with this edition they might get a slightly more authentic depiction of the variety of life.If children must be taught the Bible, at least with this edition they might get a slightly more authentic depiction of the variety of life.
Wildlife experts discovered last year that gay bears enjoy oral sex, with "the first observations of long-term, recurrent fellatio in captive brown bears kept in proper conditions" being recorded by the Polish Academy of Sciences Department of Wildlife Conservation.Wildlife experts discovered last year that gay bears enjoy oral sex, with "the first observations of long-term, recurrent fellatio in captive brown bears kept in proper conditions" being recorded by the Polish Academy of Sciences Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Kent zoo meanwhile has a gay penguin couple, which it claims are better parents than many of the straight ones.Kent zoo meanwhile has a gay penguin couple, which it claims are better parents than many of the straight ones.
(HT Pink News)