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Abstaining Boobies Get "Sexier"
nationalgeographic ^ | December 2, 2009

Posted on 12/04/2009 8:47:41 AM PST by JoeProBono

Male blue-footed boobies that take a yearlong sex sabbatical get a brighter shade of blue in their feet the following year, which makes them more attractive to females, a new study says. lue-footed boobies are best known for their bright blue webbed feet. Prominently displayed in a courtship dance, the males blue feet are important in attracting females.

A new study shows that while attractiveness of the blue feet diminishes with age in males that reproduce each year, if males skip a breeding season and dont mate, they displayed a more attractive foot color and had more green chroma.

Breeding for these tropical seabirds involves more than just the mating itself. Boobies have a long period of biparental care in other words, the males are active participants in raising their young. The eggs are incubated for 45 days, and chicks stay with their parents for a four-month rearing period.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: boobies; jpb
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To: JoeProBono

If a human male abstains from sex for a year something other than their feet turns blue.


21 posted on 12/04/2009 9:34:48 AM PST by toast
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To: JoeProBono
It's about birds?




Oh drat.

22 posted on 12/04/2009 9:35:12 AM PST by Petronski (Global warming is indeed man-made: it was created by man-made manipulation of the data.)
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To: JoeProBono

I guess she is crouchiing in dafeet!

I have it on good information that she is a true blue blood! She needs a vote of confidence! Any freepers willing to Pardon Her?

23 posted on 12/04/2009 9:38:03 AM PST by Young Werther ("Quae Cum Ita Sunt - Julius Caesar "Since these things are so!")
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To: JoeProBono

Proly not the only thing that turns blue....


24 posted on 12/04/2009 9:38:33 AM PST by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: Daffynition
HUBA HUBA


27 posted on 12/04/2009 11:33:54 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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