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posted by janrinok on Friday November 25 2016, @03:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the same-the-world-over dept.

Female vervet monkeys manipulate males into fighting battles by lavishing attention on brave soldiers while giving noncombatants the cold shoulder, researchers said on Wednesday.

After a skirmish with a rival gang, usually over food, females would groom males that had fought hardest, while snapping at those that abstained.

When the next battle came along, both those singled out for attention and those aggressively shunned would participate more vigorously in combat, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. [Paywalled, abstract only]

Female grooming and aggression "both appear to function as social incentives that effectively promote male participation in intergroup fights", a research team from Switzerland and South Africa reported.


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @05:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @05:58AM (#432762)
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 25 2016, @06:18AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 25 2016, @06:18AM (#432767) Journal

    Good link - thank you for it.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @07:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @07:47AM (#432778)

    Men should have shot those cunts

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday November 25 2016, @03:57PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday November 25 2016, @03:57PM (#432871) Journal

    See why i like SN: learn something new every day! :)

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  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Saturday November 26 2016, @12:29PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Saturday November 26 2016, @12:29PM (#433190) Journal

    Jingo, by Terry Pratchett, p. 195:

    Of course, most of the watch have joined, well, you know how it is, disciplined lads, anxious to do their bit, so that saved me a bit of effort.
    Except for Nobby Nobbs, 'cos he says if he leaves it till Thursday he's going to have enough white feathers for a mattress.