Posted on 05/22/2010 7:14:41 AM PDT by JoeProBono
During mating season, male topi antelope trick females with false alarms of nearby danger to boost chances for sex, a new study says.
If a female starts wandering out of a male's territory, the male will begin snorting and staring, ears pricked, at nonexistent predators.
"The female will be walking away, and the male runs in front, looks not at the female but where she's going, makes this snort, and she typically stops," said lead researcher Jakob Bro-Jørgensen of the University of Liverpool.
The researcher, who observed the topi's tricky behavior in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve, noted that the males issue fake warnings only when the wandering females are in heat.
Bro-Jørgensen thinks male topi might have evolved the behavior to better their odds during the brief but intense mating season.
One day a year females are in heat, and during that period they will have sex with an average of four different mates, 11 times each.
Tricking a female into sticking around for a few extra minutes gives the buck more chances for sex and denies other males the opportunity, Bro-Jørgensen said.
Are you happy to see me or is that a horn in your head?
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Of course the frightened females are probably not quite as scared as they pretend to be.
Sometimes crying “Wolf!’ DOES pay!
I suppose it’s probably more effective than “I must’ve run out of gas...”
That search thingy thing don’t do it so good sometimes.
Throw in wine and I think it is a Liberal mating ritual...
Fat Tuesday for antelopes? Looks like Lent lasts 364 days.
Those females are all sluts.
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We can’t have this! Where’s N.O.W.? Damned chauvinistic antelopes!
Seriously, folks. I had no idea my Saturday could have any more laughs in it, but you guys rock!
(Had to go change my thong, I laughed so hard!!)
Is this date rape? Or is the idiot who wrote this article just anther crazy liberal kook?
Ummmm..., if you're an animal, there's no such thing as date rape... doncha know...
Come to think of it, maybe that's why some are so eager to call us "animals" ... who have simply evolved from other animals... :-) [ you know ... "evolution"...]
This very enlightening......I had no idea that male antelope were democrat activists.
I thought the article was about a singles bar....simular actions.....(now I am running away) :O)
LOL!
U B funny, Guy!
*heh-heh*
Interesting? I've tried that a few times (with women), they just keep going.
“You might as well, I’m going to tell everybody you did anyway”, used to work.... so I’m told.
[...females are in heat, and during that period they will have sex with an average of four different mates, 11 times each]
With the exception of just one day a year, that sounds like the sexual behavior most Hollywood actresses.
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