October 24, 2006
Carnivores & Mating
So I went to the Pita Pit after I worked out, and there was like a 5 to 1 girl to guy ratio in there. It was totally weird...like I could see some of the girls talking about me and eying me down, and then they even regrouped how and where they were sitting and standing to like crowd next to me...totally creepy...I think it has been years since something like that happened which was so blatantly creepy. I felt like I was on the menu or something.
What is even weirder is that I haven't even cut my hair in like 3 months and I am still like 20 lbs heavier than what I would consider good shape.
I think though that other people can tell when you are happy and somehow that peaks their interest in you. And I think when I am happy or sad I am no good at hiding how I feel...it really shows.
Also, a bit of bonus animal mating related trivia...
- being fat is linked to a lower IQ in humans
- from EvoWiki: high IQ males in tribal societies are almost invariably among the leaders (Brown, 1991). For this reason, female preference for wealthier, higher status men is expected to covary with IQ; that is, women should have been shaped by evolution to desire higher IQ men, not for IQ per se, but as a proximal cue for resources and status.
- female birds use the ability of male birds to pick up songs as a signal of the quality of a male
- many non-human animals trade sex for food, stones, or other goods
- some plants and animals evolve together
- dominant males' scent was only more attractive at the point where a woman could both conceive and cuckold her mate.
- wealthy people tend to have fewer children than poor people, largely because they consider the cost of bringing up a child to be much greater.
- if an animal is in good shape it is a sign they have excess resources to take care of others, which gives them an advantage in mating selection. For example, It has generally been assumed that carotenoid-based colour displays act as signals of quality because they reflect the foraging ability of the bearer
Other mating resources...
I have yet to read this, but it looked interesting at a glance.
Posted at October 24, 2006 10:31 PM