Monday, May 16, 2005

What I Learned Yesterday...

... in the Indianapolis Star. And, well, it looks like the Indy Star learned it from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. A recent study of fish (published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science says size does matter. The good news? Female fish like mates with larger genitalia. The well-endowed get picked first. The bad news? It might not matter. Big fish genitalia slow down swimming speeds and make better hung fish the number one choice of predators. As one scientist says, "If there are predators around, good luck surviving long enough to find a mate. " More on big fish from the Star.

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