How long does it take to read Biological Exuberance?
Bruce Bagemihl
Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl takes about 13 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 46 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 751 pages, about 206,525 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The discussion of homosexuality and inter-gendered sexual activity covers mostly mammals and birds. A large number of zoological studies are cited to argue that such activity is very common, as revealed in controversially operationalised data. The danger of annthropomorphism is ever present with the use of terms such as 'pleasure', 'courtsthip'. Sexually diverse behaviour in anaimals and humans is seen as driven by biological exuberance, an excess of sexual energy and, when combined with cultural elements, of ingenuity in discharging it. The case is well made that sexual behaviour has been neglected in animal studies, where old binaries and prejudices have prevailed, and that sexual diversity might have played a key role in the development of social and linguistic capacities.
Subjects: Homosexuality in animals, Homosexualité, Moeurs et comportement, Animaux, Homoseksualiteit, Dieren
