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Sex biases in bird and mammal natural history collections
royal society publishing ^ | 23 October 2019 | Natalie Cooper , Alexander L. Bond , more

Posted on 10/28/2019 9:00:38 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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To: yesthatjallen

Monty Python’s Norwegian blue (dead) parrot must have been a male. Beautiful plumage, you know.


21 posted on 10/29/2019 5:47:14 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: yesthatjallen

Number 1 said it all. Mae birds are more colorful and the description of the male is the primary way of identifying each avian species.

On the other hand. I really do not see why mammals would necessarily favor the males over the females in a display. In some mammals the males are distinguished from the females by their size, antlers, manes, etc. In those instances, both the male and female should be displayed.

Just my 2 cents worth.


22 posted on 10/29/2019 7:17:02 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: Equine1952

I was just kidding to poke fun at the SJWs who come up with this stuff but it is logical that some specimens are easier to get and some are simply more interesting to put in a collection.


23 posted on 10/29/2019 3:46:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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