Mercury makes white storks become gay

A recent study by scientists from the University of Florida (USA) and Peradeniya University (Sri Lanka) found that male white storks eat mercury-containing food will be turned into homosexuality.

White stork stork. (Internet photo)

The gay white stork will make white stork that cannot reproduce and reduce the number of species.

Scientists conducted research on 160 white-stork storks caught in southern Florida (USA). Scientists distributed male white storks into four groups, of which group 1, group 2 and group 3 were fed different amounts of methyl mercury in turn. Meanwhile group 4 fed normal food did not contain methyl mercury.

After observation, the scientists found that the ratio of gay male storks in group 1, group 2 and group 3 was significantly higher than that of group 4. Moreover, this trend will increase with the Increase the dose of methyl mercury.

Male white storks together form a couple, build a nest, live together for several weeks and mate.

In addition, scientists also discovered that when male white storks turn into homosexuals, their mating times with white stork females have decreased relatively, moreover, they are no longer interested in " cultivating ". cover "for the next generation.

According to scientists, the creation of mating between gay male storks will reduce the mating between them with the white stork. This may cause the next generation birth rate of the white stork to halve.

This is the first time scientists have discovered chemicals that can change the sexual orientation of animals.