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According to a recent study at the University of Exeter, Male field crickets age more slowly if there is an excess of females around.
The new study compared years when male-female numbers were roughly equal with years when there were twice as many females as males. When females were plentiful, the rate at which male mortality increased as they aged was reduced by about 50%.
The scientists came to the conclusion that competing heavily with other males for limited females was more detrimental than having access to more females, mating more, and competing less.
As well [as] becoming more frail with age, in years with equal numbers of males and females, males experienced a rapid decline in chirping—but when females outnumbered males two-to-one there was no decline at all.
Similarly "males in years with more competition aged faster"
The study was conducted over nine years on field cricket populations that had varying ratios of male and female crickets.
Perhaps wisely, the authors did not draw any human implications from their results.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 03 2019, @11:58AM (3 children)
When there's tougher competition on the female side, they don't get the luxury of bitching at the males all the time. Thus less stress. Thus longer life.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @03:55PM
If you got a woman who will bitch all the time she'll never really stop even if it's a danger to her money, family, living situation. The world's assholes believe they can have mental breakdowns and patch things up later.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 03 2019, @05:40PM (1 child)
Well I see one person bitching right now.
I'm going to need to ask you to stop as it is negatively affecting my health.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 03 2019, @10:25PM
That wasn't bitching. That was humor. Learn the difference and you'll live longer both from less apparent-bitching-related stress and because humor relieves stress you already have.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.