也是一只自由泳的小鸟
在读 Bitch
https://neodb.social/book/0VDGZtBDucrchio651Syj2
读这本书的时候见到 Tim Birkhead 这个名字，说是鸟类学家，我就总觉得好耳熟啊，刚刚发现果然我的待读书目里有一本 Tim Birkhead 写的！
喔喔喔好有意思，说是狒狒是有社会阶层的，高阶狒狒可以放心让它们的孩子到处游玩，这样孩子们可以提早获得社交能力和独立能力，成年后的存活几率也大一些。低价的狒狒周围都是危险，小孩如果没有看好的话很可能就被其他狒狒掠走了，所以它们会过度保护孩子，这样幼儿存活率更高，但是缺乏独立能力的孩子会更需要照顾，这样会压垮妈妈甚至导致妈妈的死亡
What it suggests instead is something much more inspiring: the innate flexibility of sex roles in nature and the ability of animals to innovate their behaviour to succeed in challenging new social and ecological environments.
There is no strong evidence that the oestrus cycle creates any greater endocrine variation in oestrogen than is seen for testosterone in males. A female’s hormones are no messier than a male’s.
咦，我之前看到的版本是雌性的激素周期会影响研究结果，所以感觉这是一个很让人难过的科学研究的局限性，结果居然是假的吗！
The female bonobos’ solidarity with one another was totally inspiring. I’m not suggesting we all start having sex with each other, but there are lessons to be learnt from their peaceful society.
Why not? 
科研制度有问题