Animals, sexuality, gender: 'Second Nature'

Trans Ellen Page born female

Strange baby warthog runs his mouth and legs 🤣

TRAILER: Beyond the Binary: SECOND NATURE - Frameline48

(Frameline) SECOND NATURE: From homosexual penguins to sex-transitioning fish, contemporary scientists have been zealously studying animal behavior and anatomy and exposing the myth of the gender binary. Turns out the natural world is way more diverse and complex than Darwin led us to believe! Director Drew Denny takes the nature documentary to a whole new level in this eye-opening and entertaining expedition. Executive produced by Elliot Page. Special Sneak Preview Screening at Frameline: Frameline48 (frameline.org)

WATCH: Second Nature w/ Elliot Page: new documentary

Second Nature: Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page on new film exploring animal world beyond the binary

Biology? I'm fully who I am. (Time)

(Democracy Now!) June 24, 2026: A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal kingdom, from pregnant male seahorses to matriarchal monkey troops.

Second Nature, directed by queer filmmaker Drew Denny, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, who says he joined the project because "I was so moved by it and found it so affirming as a trans and queer person."

Learning about animal life beyond binary concepts of sex and gender was life-changing, Denny shares about her inspiration for the film. "I finally felt in my body, for the first time, that I belong here on Earth, just like anybody else."

Featuring interviews with evolutionary biologists and eye-opening footage of the natural world, Second Nature is now showing in major cities across the United States. “Second Nature”: Elliot Page on new film exploring animal world beyond the binary | Democracy Now!

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Zionist rockstars w/Roger of Pink Floyd

“Complete pr*ck”: Pink Floyd's Roger Waters destroys U2's Bono over Israel collaboration

F Trump. Here's his fake HAMAS "peace" deal.

(Katie Halper) Oct. 4, 2025: Roger Waters (one of the founders of Pink Floyd and its main songwriter) joins The Katie Halper Show to talk about Gaza, Israel, the U.N., free speech, what he wants the president of Colombia to do. Plus, he reacts to the latest crackdowns on speech, the war in Ukraine, and why some musicians are such cowards when it comes to Israel. For the full discussion, please join on Patreon at: patreon-full-140151702

• 00:00 What the heaven is up with Regina Spektor?
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Structure older than humans found

Olawale Ogunjimi, Past Chronicles (MSN); CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Researchers find a structure older than humans, which tells us a lot about our early ancestors

You ancestors built that, Douglas. Tell them.

Scientists have discovered primitive wooden tools and structures of about 476,000 years old at a site in Zambia's Kalambo Falls.

This new discovery runs contrary to what we have always been told about the lives of the species that existed before the ancient Homo sapiens.

First, the discovery of these tools, which pre-date the oldest modern humans, is proof that our early ancestors were knowledgeable about construction.

Based on these findings, it's safe to conclude that the unknown hominin species that existed before Homo sapiens were intelligent and resourceful [much like bonobos, gorillas, chimps, orangutans, monkeys, almas, and sasquatches].

Am I your predecessor, modern humans?

They made the best use of their surroundings by harnessing the resources at their disposal to produce innovative results.

According to the research, the wooden structure, which is older than humanity, had "two interlocking logs joined transversely by an intentionally cut notch."

This shows that the species that pre-dated the evolution of Homo sapiens were smart enough to conceive ideas beyond their immediate and tangible environment.

What's more, the researchers also discovered a cut log, digging stick, and other tools that were well-preserved because they were left in a waterlogged area that gave no room for bacterial degradation. More

The Chimpanzee Civil War of 1974 (video)

Sheldon S., CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The insanity of the Gombe Chimpanzee War

(National Park Diaries) Aug. 21, 2023: GOMBE NATIONAL PARK The Gombe Chimpanzee War was an intergroup conflict between two chimpanzee communities in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Africa.

Prior to this conflict being observed, it was thought that chimpanzees were largely peaceful creatures and vegetarians. But Jane Goodall and other researchers soon opened up a whole new world of chimpanzee conflict and social dynamics with their observations of this conflict.

It's a fascinating look at the brutality of the natural world and perhaps provides an opportunity to reflect on our human capacity for violence as well.

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Who's eating our cousins the Bonobos?

Terese Hart, bonoboincongo.com (National Geo, Oct. 14, 2012; Wisdom Quarterly

A dehydrated and stressed baby bonobo that was abandoned in the sun outside the kitchen where his mother is being grilled and devoured. How can anyone justify doing this to a great ape that is 99.6% us? This mother and child had a life living free in the wild until she was shot by poachers (Terese Hart/bonoboincongo.com).

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Why are We Eating Bonobos? Can We Save Africa’s Vast Wildernesses from Destruction?

Bonobo in "heavenly sleep" (Terese Hart)

Baby bonobo orphans are pouring into primate sanctuaries across central Africa as thousands of adults are being killed, smoked, and bundled with monkeys, pangolins, small antelope, and bush pigs for sale in distant "bushmeat" markets.

We are about to reach a tipping point in Africa beyond which it is going to be very hard to save the last populations of Africa’s most enigmatic species like the bonobo, mountain gorilla, lion, wild dog, giraffe, rhino, elephant, and cheetah.

Years of civil war, unrest, and corruption have broken the link for many people who now live in cities and have evolved a new belief system, together with their new consumption habits. Bonobo populations have declined significantly due to the bushmeat trade in recent years.

People are now eating them, so we need to look at what this represents in regard to our future in Africa. Ongoing anti-poaching efforts in source countries have yielded many successes, and many more people are trying to keep bonobos and other wildlife safe within protected areas. Forests and river basins are too vast, while  resources and staff are too few for enforcement of new laws to be effective in slowing the erosion of Africa’s natural heritage.

We are just years away from that terrible morning when we all open our eyes and realize that we did not do enough when we could have and that now there was nothing left to save or do. As of today, we still have something to save and we had better get out there... More

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Buddhist world: Last Women's Kingdom (video)

Brent Huffman, PBS Frontline; CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Crystal Quintero, Wisdom Quarterly

SHANGRI LA adjacent, China - Free love culture? Tantric sex for all with no marriage? A Han Chinese (Mahayana) tourist haven in a Tibetan Buddhist (Vajrayana) outpost? Not exactly, but close.

 

Keepers of one of the last matriarchal societies in the world, Mosuo women (Moso, Na) in this remote area of southwest China live beyond the strictures of mainstream Chinese culture -- enjoying great freedoms and shouldering heavy responsibilities.

Mosuo woman tailor (Gisling)

Beautifully shot and featuring intimate interviews, this short documentary offers a rare glimpse into a society virtually unheard of ten years ago and now often misrepresented in the media.
 

Mosuo women control their own finances and do not marry or live with partners. They engage in sex freely in a practice they call "walking marriage." A man may be invited into a woman's hut to spend a "sweet night," but he must leave by daybreak. The woman is in charge.
 

Women and men are equal.

While tourism has brought wealth and 21st century conveniences to this remote area, it has also introduced difficult challenges to the Mosuo culture -- from pollution in the lake, to the establishment of brothels, to mainstream ideas about women, beauty, and family.

This finely wrought film by Xiaoli Zhou and Brent E. Huffman. is a sensitive portrayal of extraordinary women struggling to hold on to their extraordinary society.

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News of the Day

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh (DemocracyNow.org)

HEADLINES (June 8, 2015)

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Protesters press secluded G7 leaders on harmful policies, from crippling austerity to dirty coal. G7 leaders: Obama, Merkel, Cameron in Bavaria, Germany, a favorite location of Hitler.

"The Bonobo and the Atheist" (video)

Wisdom Quarterly; ScienceFriday.com

A female primate stares into the eyes of a baby bonobo, our closest evolutionary relative.

  

The Bonobo and the Atheist

"Science is not inherently evil [but merely situationally-evil and motivated by money]. Science is not inherently good. And so I don't know what to do with people who argue that science is going to be the solution to building a moral society" (Frans de Waal, biologist and author of The Bonobo and the Atheist).

In The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates, primatologist Frans de Waal explores traits like empathy and fairness in our closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, and argues that human morality [Buddhist sila] is not the product of rational thought or religion. Rather, it evolved long ago. LISTEN

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(BBC Worldwide) Charlotte Uhlenbroek explains just how similar bonobos' social habits are to our own.

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(Tehinfidel) The following is a montage of chimpanzees exhibiting human-like behavior, meshed together from various clips and set to the song "Bark" by Black Era).

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed [spiritu, spirit] into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

- On the Origin of Species, Chp. 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion

Bigfoot as Simple Human-Ape Hybrid
Human-bipedal-primate hybridization would explain the giant yeti or Abominable Snowmen of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. These yakshis or rakshasas in Buddhist cosmology, such as the famous Yakkha Alavaka, are well known and share many human traits including speech and language.

The only known authentic footage is called the "Snow Walker" video. It was taken by two Himalayan hikers on a 1992 expedition in Nepal. Yetis are part of mountain lore, particularly among the Sherpas.

The West found this out when British expeditions were trying to get to the top of "Mt. Everest" (Nepalese, Sagarmāthā; Tibetan, Jomolungma, "Holy Mother"; Chinese, Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng, "Jomolungma Peak") more than a century ago. British climbers also saw them.

This famous clip depicts an apelike creature walking on two legs struggling through the snow. But yetis are found across the Himalayan range spanning the world's three highest peaks -- Pakistan's K2, Nepal's Everest, and India's Kangchenjunga (Sikkim).

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Giants live around 3rd highest mountain Kangchenjunga

Home of Yetis and Yakkhas: Kangchenjunga

Where is the Yaksha Kingdom?
Wisdom Quarterly edit of "Yaksha" (en.wikipedia.org)
In Buddhist and older Indian mythology, the yakṣa (Pali, yakkha) has a dual personality. On the one hand, it may refer to an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains. On the other hand, it may refer to a darker creature, a kind of ogre, malevolent beast, or ghost that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers, similar to rakṣasas. Yakṣis or yakṣiṇīs (female ogres, possibly related to the word yetis) are regarded as even more vicious than the males, possibly due to their hormonal and instinctive impulses to protect their young. In Buddhist mythology, they are overseen by the spacefaring "Guardian of the Northern Quarter," a beneficent deva. According to the Mahavamsa, Prince Vijaya encountered the royalty of the yakkhas -- red haired giants in Sri Lanka akin to Steve Quayle's "giant" (nephilim) captured recently in Afghanistan's mountains, which are also part of the Himalayan range.