http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/31/male-fish-deceive-watching-rivals-about-their-top-choice-of-females/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/31/male-fish-deceive-watching-rivals-about-their-top-choice-of-females/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Ed Yong Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:44:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/31/male-fish-deceive-watching-rivals-about-their-top-choice-of-females/#comment-1472 Yeah, Plath does say that the males have a tendency to copy the mate choices of their rivals. Yeah, Plath does say that the males have a tendency to copy the mate choices of their rivals.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/31/male-fish-deceive-watching-rivals-about-their-top-choice-of-females/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 Max Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/31/male-fish-deceive-watching-rivals-about-their-top-choice-of-females/#comment-1471 Small detail, but isn't it "small and _un_assuming"? But in general, a cool story, though it implies that the male mollies not only larger females, but also females that are being pursued by other males. Sort of obvious in a way, but if one assumed that the males simply always went for the largest female, deception couldn't possibly work. Small detail, but isn’t it “small and _un_assuming”? But in general, a cool story, though it implies that the male mollies not only larger females, but also females that are being pursued by other males. Sort of obvious in a way, but if one assumed that the males simply always went for the largest female, deception couldn’t possibly work.

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