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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $384,949 grant to Yale University for a study on Sexual Conflict, Social Behavior and the Evolution of Waterfowl Genitalia, according to the recovery.gov website. The grant description says,The project examines how reproductive morphology covaries with season, age, and social environment in a diverse sample of duck species that differ in ecology, territoriality and breeding system. The grant was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package Many duck penises are cork-screw shaped and some scientists believe this is because of a form of evolution known as sexual conflict. |
With all the talk about how sequester is the end of the world and important things have to be cut, would anyone care to explain this study and why it rates higher than allowing the public to tour the WH for instance?