Re: The Awards Listing v 0.5 & Turkey hunting

G'day Jon,

>	However, studies have been done that show that the female lays
>fertile eggs for the whole mating season after only being mated by the
>tom ONCE!  The tom's sperm is viable for the whole month!  What a 
>scam!	I bet nobody's told the female turkeys yet.

Yes but was it really his, many birds now turn out to cuckold their
'mates'
on a regular basis...

Besides one month is low compares to say skinks where it can be 6 months
right through to deep sea fish (like the angler fish) where the male
latches onto the female once he's found her and then is absorbed and
becomes little more than a bag ot testes hanging off her side... now
that's
committment! ;)

Cheers

Beth

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