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In article <1g8litINN4d1@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> torban@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Torban Bennett) writes:
>w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:

>>>My question is this:  What can be said about male lifespans compared to female
>>>lifespans for animals other than humans, and especially other mammals?

>>  It might be relevent to consider the issue of eunuchs.  If it is sperm
>>production which reduces lifespan then you might expect that eunuchs would
>>live longer.

>I've been wondering about this ever since I heard that de-sexed cats (both
>male and female) live quite a bit longer.  I can't remember the source or
>the exact figures.  Does anyone know anything about this?

Sorry I don't have a source but I read once that a study showed that prisoners
in the United States who had been castrated (for sex crimes, don't ya love the
US legal system :-) ) lived longer than would normally be expected. However I
can't remember who was doing the study or who they were comparing the prisoners
to - sorry about that. I would like to read the paper again if someone out
there knows which one I'm thinking of, so if anyone knows of it hit 'F' about
now.

Of course we are missing the important issue here which is why do right handed
males live 10 years longer on average than left handed males?


Joseph Askew


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