They found that on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, almost a third of the Laysan albatross population is raised by pairs of two females because of the
shortage of males. Through these 'lesbian' unions, Laysan albatross are flourishing. Their existence had been dwindling before the adaptation was
noticed.
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Come again? In the study the authors claim the phenomenon is not only widespread but part of a necessary biological adaptation for the survival of the
species?
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