# Any other mammals in which mammary gland have been sexualized?

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**Created:** [April 30, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-mammals-in-which-mammary-gland-have-been-sexualized/494842 "2009-04-30T14:29:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-mammals-in-which-mammary-gland-have-been-sexualized/494842/21 "2009-05-01T14:55:48Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> As I understand it, it’s a common phenomenon for a trait attractive in the opposite sex, to be even more attractive when exaggerated.

I think you’re talking about [superstimulus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstimulus).

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> … scientists painted a picture of a female lizard the size of a car and the males gathered at it in preference to actual females.

[QUOTE=Wikipedia]  
An episode of the PBS science show NOVA showed an Australian beetle species whose males were sexually attracted to large and orange females—the larger and oranger the better. This became a problem when the males started to attempt to mate with certain beer bottles that were just the right color. The males were \*more \*attracted to the bottles than actual females.  
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[Picture](http://www.lochmantransparencies.com/p2951/jewel-bottle-beetle)

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