"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Sunday, May 23, 2010

New strategy

Sit in the sun, warm up your body, and drive the ladies mad. Well, it works for damselflies. New research in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology indicates that damselflies with warmer bodies have greater mating success. Female preference for the hot guys is apparently driven by the prospect of a warmer territory in which to lay eggs, leading to greater reproductive success.

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