为阻止雄性交配 雌性蟑螂会互相照顾

连蟑螂都知道女士们必须互相照顾。

A new study of Pacific beetle cockroaches in the journal Ethology revealed some surprising feminist tendencies among the insects: In mixed-sex groups, females cluster together to stave off unwanted mating advances from males.

发表在《动物行为学》杂志上的一项针对太平洋甲虫蟑螂的新研究，揭示了这种昆虫中一些令人惊讶的女权主义倾向：在雌雄混合的群体中，雌性蟑螂聚集在一起，以避免雄性蟑螂进行讨厌的交配行为。

The bigger the female huddle, the fewer attempts males made.

挤在一起的雌性越多，雄性尝试的交配次数就越少。

But the method wasn't foolproof: In groups when males were in the majority, female roaches were more likely to be "harassed."

但这种方法并非万无一失：在雄性蟑螂占多数的群体中，雌性蟑螂更容易受到“骚扰”。

Female cockroaches might be resistant to hookups because they can store sperm for future use, which makes regular mating -- often injurious to females -- biologically unnecessary, study author Christina Stanley explains to Scientific American.

研究报告的撰写者克里斯蒂娜·斯坦利向《科学美国人》解释称，雌性蟑螂可能会抵抗交配，因为它们可以储存精子以备将来使用，从生物学上来说，这就使得通常对雌性有害的定期交配变得没必要了。

Even outside the threat of mating, female cockroaches were generally more social with each other than with the males.

除开交配的威胁之外，雌性蟑螂通常更愿意和同性群居，而不是和雄性。

Adds Stanley, "Female roaches created this better social environment by excluding the males-- something that will come as no surprise to many human women."

史丹利补充道：“雌性蟑螂通过排除雄性蟑螂而创造了更好的社会环境。这对于许多人类女性来说也不是什么奇怪的事情。”