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News Technology Duck mating is an arms race
| Duck mating is an arms race |
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| Monday, 05 December 2011 07:38 | |||
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A duck pond may seem like the ideal place to spend a peaceful spring afternoon, but during mating season it can look like the scene of a gang attack. Though ducks as a species are famously
monogamous, unattached drakes can be extremely aggressive. They attack any female in sight in a mating frenzy that often ends in the injury or death of the victim. This has resulted in the ducks developing ways to prevent unwanted matings and the drakes ways to overcome their defenses. Researchers in North America are developing a novel way to study this "evolutionary arms race" that uses high-speed cameras, force transducers and model duck oviducts made of glass...
Continue Reading Duck mating is an arms raceSection: Science and EducationTags: Evolution,
Research,
Sensor,
Sex
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