Does Size Really Matter?

[Gooner]

Extract taken from the Sun newspaper 14th Feb 2007.

The size of a male`s "sword" IS important - when it comes to fish.
Boffins found tropical female green swordtails matured faster sexually when shown males with the biggest sword-like tails. But males matured more SLOWLY if they saw others with bigger swords.
Dr Craig Walling, of Exeter Uni, said "It`s the first evidence a spieces adjusts its sexual maturation in respose to visual cases."

So, size really does matter then.

Edit: Also posted in the livebearers section.

 

[SamUK]

you sound worried?

 

[Davey Jones]

you sound worried?

 

[Gooner]

Behave Guys, this was meant to be an educational thread.

 

[TerraDreamer]

LMAO! This must explain why all my buddies are limp-wristed wimps!

 

[vinylman]

Frankly, I'm more worried that someone actually buys 'The Sun'..................

 

[ox5477]

Extract taken from the Sun newspaper 14th Feb 2007.

The size of a male`s "sword" IS important - when it comes to fish.
Boffins found tropical female green swordtails matured faster sexually when shown males with the biggest sword-like tails. But males matured more SLOWLY if they saw others with bigger swords.
Dr Craig Walling, of Exeter Uni, said "It`s the first evidence a spieces adjusts its sexual maturation in respose to visual cases."

So, size really does matter then.

Edit: Also posted in the livebearers section.

idk what they are talking about. this will happen in all of nature of communal species where alpha males and females exist. The physiology of the non-dominant fish will naturally act like this to not threaten the alpha for fear that they will get their butt whooped. I find that very interesting that someone would just post a story like this, I think it shows that they did no research before writing this story....

 

[Gooner]

What`s wrong with the Sun Great litrature

Dont know a lot about physiology of fish, just presonally though it was quite interesting.
Ok, it sounds like Dr Walling hasn`t got a clue either.

 

[kribensis12]

I am definatly not worried!

 

[my fat fish]

i think i could gibe them fish sommat to be be jelous of (my huge hand...)