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News & ArtsTuesday, January 17, 2012
Animals Sex-Role-Reversal Polyandry
Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:09 AM
From Jared Diamond's book Why is Sex Fun:
For instance, flocks of up to ten female [Wilson's Phalaropes] may pursue a male for miles. The victorious female then stands guard over her prize to ensure that only she gets to have sex with him, and that he becomes one of the males rearing her chicks.Wikipedia's image of a female Wilson's Phalarope. Knowledge is power.
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I loved the way Judy Jacobs, in the last book she published prior to her most sad passing, Dark Age Ahead, easily dispensed with Diamond in only several sentences.
Not the brightest wannabe scholar out there, after all.......
Not the brightest wannabe scholar out there, after all.......
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