Last updated on March 13, 2014 at 11:30 EDT  Sneaky Sex Causes
Fish Pest  July 13, 2005  Men! Fed up with women faking
headaches? Grant yourself lucky that you are not a mosquito
fish, as females wouldn’t think twice about attacking you when
you make a pass at them. As they are not keen on intercourse,
females select for strong male genes by attacking those that
show them some interest. Therefore, the lucky (it’s often the
little) one sneaks up from behind, quickly retracting after
copulation to prevent a nasty blast.  All sexual activity among
mosquito fish relies on male coercion, which depends on
environmental temperatures. Dr. Robbie Wilson from the
University of Queensland, Australia, will present his work at
the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting in
Barcelona, on Thursday 14th July [session A9] where he will
reveal that female “willingness” is influenced by the
temperature of their environment, i.e. at higher temperatures,
they are more likely to linger around males before swimming off