I suspected as much, and I'm glad you've confirmed queerness (aka gay animal behavior) in other animal species (other than human).

I recently dusted off drafts of the science-fiction novels of a series and have been publishing them in ILLUMINATED -Curated. One of the humanoid species with tens of thousands of years life span change gender around the time of conception, communicate with the unborn spirit of the child to make a more harmonious life.

An addendum/side-story in world building for the Antarians - I include a piece on their procreation rituals.

Thanks again for the summary of the research.

https://frankloveswrites.medium.com/arc-of-the-immortals-procreation-rituals-5959dbfd77fa?sk=49d752a009772f9bf18e2bb27db9ea6a