David Attenborough walked so this doc could run — with gay penguins and corkscrew vaginas.
From homosexual penguins and sex-transitioning fish to pregnant male seahorses and sexually dominant female bonobos, thousands of species defy our expectations of gender and sexuality. Director Drew Denny takes the nature documentary to a whole new level in this eye-opening and entertaining expedition to the places David Attenborough overlooks, where giant duck penises and corkscrew vaginas take center stage. Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is somehow “unnatural,” Second Nature explores the 1500+ animal species that engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more.
Direction
Denny's playful middle finger to stodgy nature docs
Writing
Narration that roasts centuries of male scientists
Production
Giant duck penis footage you can't unsee
Director
Drew Denny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joan Roughgarden's work fundamentally challenged evolutionary biology's 'selfish gene' orthodoxy, making her a controversial figure in academic circles for years.
Patricia Brennan's duck research was famously mocked by politicians as wasteful spending, until she pointed out it advanced understanding of traumatic insemination and medical devices.
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