The Only Gay Moth in the Village?
H’s link to a story on the Times website about carbon footprints, made me look at the 'Times Recommends' story, titled ‘Scientists Persuade Male Moths to be Gay’. As I haven’t got the original research I am somewhat concerned that the Times has turned a serious problem of controlling over breeding in this particular species of moth, into some jovial joke at the expense of gays.
Certainly there is no evidence that scientists have developed a method to ‘turn’ moths. The evidence seems to be that female pheromones are sprayed over hatching sites, larvae emerge and the male moths try to have their wicked way with the larvae – more like a case of child abuse, but then again that isn’t a laughing matter.
The article continues to ramble on about aspects of the problem, but with the odd gay aside about Sir Elton John and civil partnerships, maybe it’s April 1st and I’ve missed a few months of my life, (I have been suffering from the dreaded ‘Man Flu’ recently) but more likely it is another case of lazy journalism, and certainly not an article I would ‘recommend!’
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