Wha?...................
Posted on 10/22/2015 11:11:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
A University of Utah researcher co-authored a study released Thursday that reveals size does indeed matter — at least when it comes to howler monkey testicles.
Primatologist Leslie Knapp, professor and chair of the university's Department of Anthropology, found that the smaller a howler monkey's testicles are, the deeper and louder his mating calls.
Overcompensating? Perhaps. The monkeys with the deeper howls also had larger hyoid bones, which enable them to have some of the loudest voices in the animal kingdom, an eardrum-busting call that's been compared to a tiger's roar.
They don't "howl" in the way your dog might, though. Instead, their call sounds more like a non-stop belch.
The point of the deep howls is twofold: to attract a female and to frighten away any competing males, as the deeper howls give a sonic impression of a large body size.
"We noticed there were significant size differences in the monkeys' hyoids and testicles, and were really surprised at the great range," said Knapp. "We discovered that the hyoid can be as much as 10 times larger than that of the smaller howler monkeys."
Males with smaller hyoids, she added, "live in multi-male groups and have larger testes, but monkeys with smaller testes live in single-male groups with a harem of a few females."
The study — which Knapp refers to as her "calls-and-balls paper" — had its genesis in trips she took to Central and South America, where she would hear howler monkeys giving noisy examples of how they earned their name and wonder what the sounds were all about.
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So they are similar to liberals in that regard, good to know
How much tax dollars was spent on this bit of necessary news?
Hmmm - that makes me think of a current political candidate...not saying which one.
But can he read a teleprompter?
actually it might not have been money spent for naught if the same findings apply to members of Congress...it would explain much
Speak softly and carry a big dick?
“Calls and ball” paper.
How nice that animal behaviorists have a sense of humor.
I can hear obama bellowing about this study.
thanks for sharing...
May also apply to journalists and politicians?
Direct proof that liberals are evolved from monkeys.
I think it was a freebie. They used current data from zoos all over the world and bones in museums................
I saw the headline on another site and just couldn’t resist.................
True of electric guitar players also.
Maybe they haven’t ‘evolved’ yet..................
Vewey, vewy, vewy quiet..................
Well I guess that’s impotent to know.
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