Tis from last year but I only just read this, it is quite fascinating:

Foerster and her colleagues analyzed data collected between 1971 and 2005 from a population of Cervus elaphus deer in Scotland. They measured the fitness of individual animals with a method that estimates each animal's contribution to population growth through both survival and reproduction. The authors found that male deer with relatively high fitness over their lifetimes tended to have daughters with relatively low fitness. Using an alternative statistical approach, they also found that male deer that sired the most offspring had female relatives with fewer calves, while male deer with fewer offspring had female relatives with more offspring.


http://www.thescientist.com/news/display/53335/


Lol lucky my Dad is a loser whistling2.gif

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