DesertFox
11-28-2008, 03:51 PM
Female red squirrels are giving rabbits a run for their money.
New research by former University of Alberta researcher Jeffrey Lane shows the species is among the most promiscuous of animals, mating with sometimes as many as eight or nine different male squirrels in one day.
"On a single day, if three males show up, she will mate with them," said Lane, who studied a free-ranging population of red squirrels near Kluane National Park, in southwest Yukon.
"If eight or nine show up, she'll mate with them too." ...
He said the red squirrel's promiscuity is very rare compared to other species, whose excessive activity could come at a cost.
More (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=fc2fef47-0470-412a-861c-42af025f2eb9)
New research by former University of Alberta researcher Jeffrey Lane shows the species is among the most promiscuous of animals, mating with sometimes as many as eight or nine different male squirrels in one day.
"On a single day, if three males show up, she will mate with them," said Lane, who studied a free-ranging population of red squirrels near Kluane National Park, in southwest Yukon.
"If eight or nine show up, she'll mate with them too." ...
He said the red squirrel's promiscuity is very rare compared to other species, whose excessive activity could come at a cost.
More (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=fc2fef47-0470-412a-861c-42af025f2eb9)