Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy ‘league table’, but sheep are sluts.

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• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Idk I bet there are lots of beavers sluttier than me

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  • TeddE@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Conventions with tons of them!

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  • Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Probably Hundreds of Beavers.

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• slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  maybe a sheep that got cheated on wrote this article 😢

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And he even said “Ewe complete me”.

    Ffs Rhys.

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• D_C@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ewe SLUT!

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve been baaaaad.

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• bryndos@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Surely there can't be that many sheep on Soay to come up with such an estimate.

  I suspect the scientist got a bit lonely out there doing the fieldwork, tried something that he'd normally get away with on a domestic ewe, got rebuffed, and wrote this paper to slander the whole species as revenge.

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  • RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Damn sexy sheep!

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• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Depends on the human.

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  • Iunnrais@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is actually a more interesting statement than one might think at first.

    When we describe the habits of various species of animals, it’s my understanding that once a description is obtained, you can look at more or less any particular member of that species and see pretty much the same behavior. Monogamy trends included.

    Not so with humans. You can find an average, describe trends, but pick any specific individual human and they’re almost certainly not going to behave as that description.

    Some humans pair bond for life and beyond, never seeking other companionship after one partner dies. Others sleep around constantly with dozens of partners in a lifetime. And everything in between.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t think this is true. There is certainly a large degree of individual variation in animal behavior too, it’s just not that well studied.

      I had a professor who studied owls, which are usually highly monogamous. But there was one male who always tried to have two nests with two different females. It was hard for him because he had to hunt twice as much food, but for whatever reason that was what he felt like doing.

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    • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nope, that’s not what it means at all

      Genetically linked behaviors follow distribution curves. There is always variation in every population for any behavior. When a behavior is highly selected for, alternative behaviors become more rare…but they still happen.

      A good example of this is homosexuality, evolutionarily speaking this behavior is highly selected against (reduced babies). It still occurs in all sorts of species.

      What this means is that around 2/3rds of humans are strictly monogamous. Around 1/3rd of humans are promiscuous or partially promiscuous. These are instinctual behaviors that can be overcome somewhat by cultural norms. On an individual basis, for every 3 people you meet, one instinctually finds sleeping around to be their “normal” behavior.

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    • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So you're saying normal humans are incredibly rare. Yep.

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• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Jesus tending to his flock: “This is not what I meant when I said be like sheep”

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  • Chakravanti@monero.town ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, maybe he actually did and a bunch of never-getting-laid now-pedophiles “edited” certain details to less expression recognition and then raped somekids to keep word shut.

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  • Epp4@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You don’t know that! I like to believe that’s exactly what he meant. Love one another.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well sheep also eat grass; I think its more about the shepherding metaphor.

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• degen@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What does this say about the Welsh?

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• optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Learning moment for me: does conflict of interest section not include known baises? why wouldn’t the researcher being monogamous be listed there?

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m definitely putting that on my dating profile. Sluter than a sheep

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• humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t understand the methodology at all. Genetic analysis of a mother’s babies would show “monogamy” if the alpha male in the herd keeps their status in multiple seasons. The typical polygamy relationship counts as monogamous, afaiu. Could it simply be that sheep change their alpha male each season, instead of everybody fucking everybody rules?

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• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh I am SO happy you have an actual monogamy league table here

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  who wrote this list, idaho?

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• Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  kelly Stop sheep-shaming

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• Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gives new meaning to the term “sheeple.”

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