"Malcolm" wrote in message
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In article , sacha
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in article , Malcolm at
wrote on 25/1/03 7:29 pm:


In article , sacha
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I was fascinated to learn about the rooks that the reason
one sees them flying in pairs to pick up twigs but only one of them
coming
back with a stick, is that the unencumbered one is the male riding
'shotgun'
to prevent 'his woman' from mating with another!

Who've you been listening to again? Ask your informant how they know
this and why it isn't the male having to carry the stick because the
female
doesn't want him chasing after other females?


Haven't you heard, Malcolm? It's the latest in corvid female cosmetics,
'beak-stick' :-)