Maybe the best answer to this question is the one I sometimes give my
grandchildren,"just because."
Rahne
rahne at mindspring.com
Federal Way
----- Original Message -----
From: William H. Lawrence <whl at localaccess.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: why females are larger?


> >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:34:06 -0700
> >I was involved with avian predator prey relationship study during the mid
> fortys in the vicinty of Ann Arbor. This question was discussed in some
> detail and a plausible explanation at the time seem to be that the
> male/female size difference reduced the hunting competition between the
sexs
> inprey use to feed the young
>
>