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Smart chicks duck sex with 'tough guys'
IOL (South Africa) ^
| 7/31/03
Posted on 07/31/2003 1:37:03 PM PDT by LibWhacker
London - Weedier, less aggressive, males are the first choice of females in some species, including coho salmon and quail, the New Scientist has reported.
"People just expect the dominant guy to win but females learn through personal experience that such males can hurt them," says Alex Ophir of Canada's McMaster University.
Ophir proved the point by observing Japanese quail. Female quail watched a fight between two males then were put in a cage with the combatants. Virgin females preferred the winner but the females with some sexual experience tended to choose the loser.
Female coho salmon were also more likely to chose males known as jacks which stop growing earlier and are smaller, which is perhaps a sign of maturity and quality according to evolutionary biologist Steve Shuster of Northern Arizona University.
"The females may also prefer to avoid the physical abuse of mating with aggressive males," the magazine added.
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To: woofer
Hrmp...
OK, can you lay septic lines?
21
posted on
07/31/2003 1:54:24 PM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
To: LibWhacker
"Weedier, less aggressive"
weedier?
22
posted on
07/31/2003 1:56:19 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
To: LibWhacker
I'm short, slow, and stupid...girls, take a number.
23
posted on
07/31/2003 1:56:25 PM PDT
by
Paco
To: goldstategop
I guess there's hope for us nice guys after all. I wish! There are too many women out there who will dump a nice guy who treats her well and hooks up with some mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragger with a tool belt. Some women constantly look down on men who would actually care about them. I used to feel sorry for them but I don't have that kind a charity left for people who do it to themselves.
24
posted on
07/31/2003 1:57:24 PM PDT
by
Orangedog
(Soccer-Moms are the biggest threat to your freedoms and the republic !)
To: najida
I worked all summer in college with bikers and ex-cons packing sheet rock into houses... Does that count?
To: jriemer
So why did the "smartest woman in the world" marry flabby, dumb Bill Clinton?Because she couldn't get her "dream girl".
To: chookter
YES!
You are definately a winner!
27
posted on
07/31/2003 2:03:27 PM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
To: LibWhacker
"females with some sexual experience tended to choose the loser."
Who was then pecked to death by the winner, and the female ended up with him anyway.
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posted on
07/31/2003 2:03:37 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
To: najida
Cool... What do I win? --I mean aside from a sore back and shoulders?
To: Orangedog
There are too many women out there who will dump a nice guy who treats her well and hooks up with some mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragger with a tool belt. Some women constantly look down on men who would actually care about them.Then they complain to one another at lunch about how bad they're treated...
AAAAHRRRRRGHHGGHHG!!! (bangs head on desk) Why is this so frippin' difficult if damn near everyone else can do it?
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posted on
07/31/2003 2:08:15 PM PDT
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: chookter
Home cooked meals,
All the beer you can drink,
Wide screen TV sporting events,
800 acres of huntin'(deer, turkey, quail, dove),
A very crappy pond that does have some brim and bass,
You can go where you want to go,
Hang out with your friends no questions asked.
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posted on
07/31/2003 2:09:22 PM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
To: MineralMan
Must be true. Otherwise, how would a Libertarian man ever find a willing partner {grinning and ducking}Just wait 'til she gets stoned...
*grin*
To: MEGoody
Bingo! She just picked the wimpy guy so the winner would get jealous and kill the doofus dude. It's the female's role to improve the species.
To: najida
Send picture of the 800 acres and widescreen TV.
:)
To: najida
All I want is a guy who can hang sheet rock. Hanging it is not so bad ... it's the mud and sanding part that I hate ...
35
posted on
07/31/2003 2:13:50 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: spodefly
Yeah,
But I want knock-back and I am told that is even harder.
ACK!
36
posted on
07/31/2003 2:14:36 PM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
To: najida
I can hang sheet rock.... I can also draft the plans......do plumbing..... electrical....and I even do dishes.....all from being single my whole life (so far)
I can cook a mean Bread Pudding and just about anything that used to moo, cluck, gobble, oink....etc.....
I ain't bad with veggies either
Conservative, veteran, no kids never been married, gave my house to my lil sister though.....
I need to stop now......
:o)
To: najida
How much rock needs to be hung?
and how many feet of drain line?
38
posted on
07/31/2003 2:20:03 PM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!)
To: najida
Not a bad deal for starters
39
posted on
07/31/2003 2:21:30 PM PDT
by
Petruchio
(<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
To: Michael121
Don't fret about the house sweetie,
I have one of those (that is why I need the sheet rock hung).
And you can cook!
WOW!
40
posted on
07/31/2003 2:22:55 PM PDT
by
najida
(What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
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