Thursday, 23 April 2015

Big butts aren't everything to male baboons

FLORA AND FAUNA
Big butts aren't everything to male baboons
Durham NC (SPX) Apr 22, 2015 - While the female baboon's big red bottom may be an eyesore to some, it has an aphrodisiac effect on her mates. Biologists have long thought that baboon males prefer females with bigger backsides as the mark of a good mother, but new research suggests it isn't so simple. A study of wild baboons in southern Kenya reveals that the size of a female's swollen rump doesn't matter as much as prev ... more


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