NOAH’S ARC

In his otherwise diverting column on sex with animals (how’s that for an opener?), I think Tim Noah thinks the singular of homo sapiens is homo sapien. Or maybe it’s a typo. Speaking of bestiality, I recall a story told me by my friend, Dan Savage, who writes a spectacularly good sex advice column called “Savage Love.” He was doing a radio call-in when a man phoned to say he believed that his relationship with a horse was fully consensual. The horse, the man explained, could easily kick him out of the way while he was expressing his deep and abiding love for the beast. The fact that the horse didn’t should be taken as a signal of consent, he insisted. Temporarily stymied, Dan asked, “Is this horse a male or a female?” “A female!” the man replied. “What do you think I am – a pervert?”