Thursday, November 2, 2000

Me and my roommate were arguing the relative attractive qualites of Lucy Liu the other day. She said that Ms. Liu was not attractive at all and that she in fact looked "weird." I said that Lucy was pretty cute and attractive, despite her "weird" eyes. Now, the point isn't about how attractive Lucy Liu is but rather about how differently we perceive "attraction." Now my question of the day is, do animals do that? I mean, we're taught that the biggest and bravest male animal always get more girls. But for some reason, that doesn't happen with us humans. So in the world of animals, are there some physically unattractive males that get by on being smart and charming? And do some animal males simply prefer the "blonde" or "brunette" animal female? I mean, lucky for us, girls don't always pick the biggest guy, as nature would dictate. And so if that's the case, do animals do that too? Can they have preferences? Or does that basically negate the whole natural selection thing that brought well adapted animals anyway?

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