Female sheep found to prefer less dominant males when mating – Phys.org

A team of researchers from Universidad Autónoma del Estrado de Morelos and Universidad de la República, has found that given the choice, female sheep prefer to mate with less domineering males. In their paper published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, the group describe experiments they conducted with male and female sheep and what they learned from them.
Prior research has shown that dominant male domestic sheep tend to mate with more ewes than less dominant males. In addition to…

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