From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Thu 20 Feb 2003 - 19:42:12 GMT
Charles Darwin would turn in his grave now that the pretty confused
sexlife of the lesbo Japanese makaque rocks and ruins his theories.
For Darwin female animals are not only shy, they mate also very
often and they choose their long life partner exclusively in function
of procreation.
Males on the other hand do just the opposite:- they are extravert,
have a good sexual appitite and go for one another if it ever comes
to seduce a female.
But the study done by Paul Vasey spoils Darwin's game.
He found out that the most free- ranging japanese makaque females
are bisexual_ " with a preference for other females " says the
Canadian biologist.
" Do they opt once in a while for a male, than they behave unruly.
Once the female has chosen a mate, she demands him to be serville
and meet her sexual wishes ". ( LVDB)
Translated out of Dutch by Kenneth Van Oost, February 2003
Initial article Gentenaar 20/ 02 / 2003
Paul Vasey can be found at,
http://www.yirsite.com/paul_vasey/mate_competition_survey.html
You can link from there !
Enjoy the ride,
Kenneth
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