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A fact from List of mammals displaying homosexual behavior appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 November 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that more than 200 species of mammals (male kob pictured) display homosexual behavior including oral sex, genital stimulation, and urolagnia?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November.

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Introductory sentence

Despite the article focusing on mammals, the introductory sentence reads "This list includes animals (birds, mammals, insects, fish etc.) for which there is documented evidence...". For the time being, I wont touch it, as it's a hot topic, but assuming there are no objections, I'll reword it accordingly. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 20:53, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the same lead is being used for multiple related lists. There was some reason for that, but it is wrong to have this page say it lists birds, etc. (and for the, e.g., birds page saying it includes mammals, etc. I think we should stop transcluding the lead, and let each sub-list have its own correct lead. LadyofShalott 23:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, let's find a way to simply word this so it remains accurate but not confusing. This is one very large list in three sections having a single lede for all three has been amazingly stable so let's just find some wording that makes sense. It can be part of the lede itself or a note and potentially we could customize the lede sentence and follow it with the rest of the lede as we do with a different image on each of the three sections. -- Banjeboi 23:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, either the intro sentence would have to be reworded to fit the article and its title, or the article would have to be expanded to include fish and insects, then the title of the page would have to be redone. Right now, they directly conflict with each other, and it's just bad editing (from the viewpoint of a writer/editor). —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 10:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think we simply need to rework it so that conflict is removed. I'll try. -- Banjeboi 01:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good now, thanks a ton. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 19:02, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Introductory sentence

I have no notes. I just wanted to say God bless whoever helped write this article. The article is extremely informative and concise - brilliantly (and somewhat humorously) written. To the writers of this article: your work is much appreciated.