Shooting crickets in a barrel

Hoyden About Town - July 17, 2008 - 5:54pm

fieldcrickets

Is there really any point criticising gender-related MSM science “journalism” anymore? It has devolved into farce.

Alias-sqbr spotted this one on the ABC News site:

Men need carbs, women need meat: study

The wisdom of feeding the man meat has been thrown into question by a study that shows the secret to a long reproductive life in males is carbohydrates.

A study - published today in Current Biology - suggests it is females who should be pulling out the steak knife to ensure their reproductive fitness.

University of New South Wales biologist and study lead author, Dr Alexei Maklakov, says his study on Australian black field crickets

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SFx: *squealing of brakes*

Er. Yeah. There’s your problem, right there.

Read the rest at the ABC, if you can be bothered.

Full points to anyone who recognises the screencap.

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