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Published online 24 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030217-13
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Flash pads lure female fish
Males impress mates with gaudy décor.
Fish like flash, researchers have discovered. Give a male stickleback some shiny baubles and he'll decorate his nest with them - females prefer males with colourful abodes.
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