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    Penguin Prostitutes
    PRACTITIONERS of the oldest profession have been found at work on the icy shores of Antarctica plying their trade in a dress of black and white feathers - they are penguin prostitutes.
    The first recorded examples of bird prostitution have been observed in colonies of Adelie penguins on Ross Island, about 800 miles from the South Pole, by Dr Fiona Hunter of Cambridge University and Dr Lloyd Davis of the University of Otago, supported by the New Zealand Antarctic Programme.
    They observed how male Adelies pay for sexual favours with rocks and stones, a limited resource that can prove crucial for the survival of broods. In no other bird have such extra-marital exchanges been recorded, said Dr Hunter, a post-doctoral researcher who has made annual visits to Antarctica to study their sex life.
    She described how, at the start of the breeding season, the penguins hunt for stones. Once all the loose rocks have been collected, they attempt to peck them out of the frozen mud to construct a nest platform, crucial to keep eggs high and dry above mud and chilly melt water.
    Stones are so valuable that they will steal them from each other, though they risk being attacked by the owners of the hard currency. In the journal Auk, Drs Hunter and Davis describe how females have developed another strategy: they lure nearby male penguins for sex in exchange for the rocks. "Females have figured out that one way to steal the stones without being attacked is to swap copulations for them," said Dr Hunter.
    They slip away from their partner and wander over to the nest of an unpaired male. Standard courtship follows, with a dip of the head and a coy look from the corner of her eye. If he shows interest, she will lie prone which, in the language of penguin love, is an invitation to mate or carry out what the scientists call "extra-pair copulation".
    Once mating is over, the female picks up her payment, a stone, and carries it to her nesting platform. Sometimes their customers are so satisfied that the females can return for second helpings of stones, without having to offer more sex. Other females found that a little courtship was enough to persuade a male to allow them to play with a rock, then cart it away. One especially teasing female managed to collect 62 stones this way, said Dr Hunter. "The males were probably duped into thinking that she was a possible partner."
    The zoologists are now analysing the benefits of penguin whoredom. While the male may lose some of his rocks, he gains the possibility of fathering extra chicks. The benefits to the females are less clear. "I don't think that she is just after his stones," said Dr Hunter. "Perhaps the female mates with an extra male for another reason, say to increase the quality or genetic variability of her offspring. This seems reasonable given that not all males actually father the chicks they help to rear."
    Another reason for seeking male company could be to form a relationship with a potential mate for the next season if her partner dies. The team is now planning another trip to the frozen continent to uncover more details of the penguin's complicated love life.
    "Fake tits are like Kevlar. They don't guarantee your chances of survival but they sure as hell improve it."
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    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    Penguin Prostitutes
    Other females found that a little courtship was enough to persuade a male to allow them to play with a rock, then cart it away. [/B]
    Haha they are stripper penguins!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    the oldest profession ....... prostitutes.

    Is there any evidence to support this claim?
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    That's interesting.

    I read once though that dolphins and humans are the only animals that have sex strictly for pleasure, so I wonder how that plays into this. Whether it only occurs during some sort of mating season, or what.
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    Penguin Prostitutes

    Awesome name for a band.
    A civilian spends money to look good
    A stripper looks good to make money
    A civilian may be after your wage
    A stripper laughs at your wage

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    on a relaed topic about our feathered friends:
    The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft.

    But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group. Now keepers have decided to segregate the pair of three-year-old male birds to avoid disrupting the rest of the community during the hatching season.

    A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality.

    "One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there," a keeper told the Austrian Times newspaper.

    "It's not discrimination. We have to fence them separately, otherwise the whole group will be disturbed during hatching time," he added.

    There are numerous examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom, but gay penguins have captured the public's attention more than any other species.

    A German zoo provoked outrage from gay lobby groups after attempting to mate a group of gay male penguins with Swedish female birds who were flown in especially to seduce them. But the project was abandoned after the males refused to be "turned", showing no interest in their would-be mates.

    In 2002 a couple of penguins at a New York zoo who had been together for eight years were "outed" when keepers noticed that they were both males.
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    Default Re: The World's oldest profession: Not limited to primates

    THe world's oldest profession is not prostitution. It is either fruit picking or snake charming or murder for hire.
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

    NOTE: anything I post here, outside of a direct quote, is my opinion only, which I am entitled to. Take it for what you estimate it is worth.

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    The world's oldest profession is... marketing - because to do the other one claimed to be 'the worlds oldest profession' one has to know how to market it - where to sell it, how much to price it, etc...

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    Am I the only one that thinks this doesn't seem to be very scientific? I don't know, the phrasing gets me somehow. Sounds like some anthropomorphizing (sp?) going on too.

    Not that it can't be a scientific subject. My university was doing an extensive study on gay sheep...
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    Default Re: The World's oldest profession: Not limited to primates

    That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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