Turkeys Prefer Blondes

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 22:40 in Earth & Climate

In my post about the somewhat wretched dating website HotOrNot.com, I wrote about researchers' determination that all humans value the same standards of beauty. Really, no matter if you're hot or plain, you recognize a set standard of hotness—your self-image is subject to your creative delusions, but there's an inviolable piece of humanity that knows the truth about others. And so the obvious question is what about poultry? Specifically, are turkeys turned on by hot models? Today, of all days, I'm sure you can see the importance of this research. read more

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