Yesterday, Buzzfeed published a list of the 25 animals that actually scissor with their own gender on the regs. But who wasn’t a little disappointed that the list wasn’t about something a bit more conceptual – seeming gay. Which animals strike you as the most queer? We vote these:

Sea Cucumbers
The life of these phallic sea creatures is basically one big jizz fest.

Octopus
Quite frankly, these bitches are capable of a lot of sucking. And you know how gay men are with their mouths. They’re constantly looking for a little suck here, a casual blowy there. Octopus are like that too. Anything they can get their suction cups up against, and, sluuuuurp. They’ve got you. Sound pretty gay? It is.

Sun Bears
The gayest of the bears, sun bears prance around the hinterland doing gay bear things – you know, scratching at lovers, sunning themselves, and generally giving two shits about their physical appearance, unlike many other bears. They also are the gentlest of bears – unless you don’t want them to be gentle, if you know what I mean.

Penguins
Just who do they think they’re fooling with that walk? I know that walk; hell, I’ve done that walk before, honey. Also: the allure of the tuxedo. Sure, that one’s a little outdated for gay men, but there are surely some lesbians out there who think they can pull off formalwear designed originally for men.

Bees
Ooooooh, sisterfriend: watch out, cuz these bitches sting. ‘Nuff said.

Lizards
Can’t you just picture a lizard wearing nothing but leather chaps, over-grown armpit hair, and a sick mullet she’s been keeping sharp since the ‘80s? In all of the animal kingdom, no other species is more likely to become a member of the Dykes On Bikes section at your local gay pride parade. No wind burn for these ladies.

Peacocks
I don’t want to be too on the nose here but I think we can all agree that if the zoo was cable TV, the peacock habitat would be Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

Seals
First of all you, you know seals capitalize on every opportunity to make puns using their species name in order to get a mate into their (water)bed. “Vincent! You’re baaaad. I’m going to have to SEAL THE DEAL with this one!!” You know that right? Well, they do. Secondly, they can do amazing things with those whiskers. Third, maybe it’s based on the way they are always lounging on one side, lazily waving to all the cute passersby with a single flap, but I get the feeling seals know how to properly tie an ascot.

Birds of Paradise
These freaky deaky birds are not vanilla. Also, they know how to dance.
–Jason Zabel, Emily Weiss, Becky Lang