Saturday, May 13, 2006

Yet another reason to be glad you are not a guppy

Sexual harassment among guppies is so bad that female guppies prefer swimming with predators to swimming with male guppies, according to a study by a team of researchers from the University of Leeds. Seems male guppies resort to guppy rape when their mating displays are spurned. Swimming with predators, while risky to the females, provides a measure of protection against the advances of the males. After all, the predators only want a snack.

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