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Published online 23 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020819-10
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Lionesses prefer brunettes
Dark manes make lions king.
Lionesses like their mates butch, dark and hairy. Using life-sized dummies with detachable wigs, researchers in Africa have found that female lions favour mates with a dark head of hair1.
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