Tuesday, August 16, 2005

A Ram Pun Would Be Too Easy

A study in Idaho appears to find a difference in brains of rams who prefer the company of other rams to ewes. (Link to Gay.com, so NNSFW ...)

Fred Stormshak, distinguished professor of animal science at Oregon State, and one of the researchers in the project, told the PlanetOut Network on Monday that his team found striking differences in the brains and hormones of certain rams.

"The anterior preoptic area of the hypothalamus was about half the size of this part of the brain in heterosexual rams," he explained.

Stormshak also noted that aromatase, an enzyme that converts testosterone into estrogen, was much lower in the homosexual rams.

I will refrain from any jokes about ramming, etc., but I'm having a difficult time not pointing out that federal grants worth ALMOST $3 MILLION were given to study the sexual orientation of a ball of wool. But, hey, since the money's already spent, we might as well find something useful for it.


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