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Lowly females pick mediocre mates
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| 8 October 2009
| Victoria Gill
Posted on 10/10/2009 11:50:11 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Low-quality females prefer low-quality males, at least in the avian world.
This is according to research published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, testing female zebra finches' taste in males.
As adults, the low-quality females showed a preference for the songs of males of the same quality, and for the male birds themselves.
Evolutionary biologists previously thought that females would always opt for the best male available.
The study was led by Marie-Jeanne Holveck from the Centre of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France.
She explained that low- and high-quality birds differ in almost every important characteristic, including metabolism, longevity and attractiveness....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: belongsinreligion; biology; birds; couples; napl; notasciencetopic; propellerbeanie; relationships; spammer
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The two individuals just accept each other faster - they just go for it
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10/10/2009 11:51:03 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/10/2009 11:52:07 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10/10/2009 11:53:36 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
A much more pertinent question: why do smart, beautiful women go for worthless sack-of-debris men?
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10/10/2009 11:54:50 AM PDT
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lurk
To: lurk
Good Question!
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posted on
10/10/2009 11:56:50 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: lurk
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10/10/2009 11:57:37 AM PDT
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Dysart
To: lurk
Because nice guys try to suck up to them and come off weak and unchallenging.
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posted on
10/10/2009 12:01:57 PM PDT
by
Callahan
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Birds of feather flock together?
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posted on
10/10/2009 12:08:08 PM PDT
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
To: READINABLUESTATE
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10/10/2009 12:13:39 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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10/10/2009 12:18:15 PM PDT
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DogBarkTree
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To: JoeProBono
Just askin for trouble with that headline
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10/10/2009 12:19:06 PM PDT
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GeronL
("On my twelfth day in office, Nobel nominated me..")
To: ReneeLynn
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10/10/2009 12:19:38 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: lurk
“A much more pertinent question: why do smart, beautiful women go for worthless sack-of-debris men?”
Ahem ... if they are truly “smart” these women don’t go for worthless pieces of crap - regardless of how they look.
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10/10/2009 12:26:58 PM PDT
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nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: JoeProBono
Beautiful pictures!
“Birds of a feather, flock together.”
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posted on
10/10/2009 12:27:48 PM PDT
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nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: JoeProBono
#14 - Dumb and dumber hooked up.
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10/10/2009 12:28:57 PM PDT
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nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: GeronL; RandallFlagg
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10/10/2009 12:29:31 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DogBarkTree
Two, angry little pees in a pod.
I mean “pee” not “pea”.
They are excrement.
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10/10/2009 12:31:19 PM PDT
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nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: JoeProBono
#18 She’s gonna kill em ... .
Did he survive the honeymoon?
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10/10/2009 12:32:24 PM PDT
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nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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