Animal Sex in Public

Abstract Contemporary zoological gardens are hoping to delay the sixth mass extinction through captive breeding of endangered species. This article explores dominant temporal orders invoked by managing animal sex in captivity order unfold unnatural histories zoo. Departing from queer critique reproductive futurism, it demonstrates that modern zoo, reproduction is removed sexuality. By mapping out more-than-human dimensions chronopolitics at this unravels complex process transposing sexual acts into temporally fixed To account for multiple pasts and futures sex, analysis employs category animality. Tracing fascination with homosexuality early sexological taxonomies, argues anchoring identity animality an anachronistic move rests on myth timeless nature. At same time, distinction between constitutional circumstantial relies two types teleological temporality: developmental degenerative time evolutionary change. The zoo not only a place where education desire occurs along deep line natural history but also contested terrain can cancel any claim atemporal naturalness.