Ruff Sex and Sneaky Fuɔkers

In other species "genderbending" is a deceptive heterosexual mating strategy. It needs to be explored as such amongst LGBTQ+ radicals, who demand access to female spaces.

The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a bird of the sandpiper family originating from Finland. Their generic name comes from the male birds ornamental feather “ruff” which he uses to display in reproductive contests. David Lank is a biologist and evolutionary ecologist studying the reproductive strategies of birds at Simon Fraser University in Canada. The males of this species are highly unique as they appear to have three different “genders” which, unlike other species, do not appear to be triggered by environmental inputs. They are genetic. Lank calls these three morphs

• the Territorial aka Independent

• the Wingman aka Satellite

• the female mimics aka Faeder

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Crucially, these ‘genders’ are all heterosexual males who use differing strategies to reproduce with females. The female mimics are not trans lesbians. They are small, low status, low testosterone heterosexual males, tricking females to get sex. They are sneaky fuckers (SN’s).¹The scientific name for the SN reproductive strategy is kleptogamy, meaning stolen mating.

In most species, males compete for mating opportunities in a variety of overt ways: they fight other males, or show off beautiful plumage, using respectively, weapons or ornaments.

The male Ruff reproductive strategy generally follows the normal case with 85% using overt territorial defence. The second most common is the strategy of “wingman” is where a male of lesser condition feigns friendship with the superior, until a female approaches when he suddenly becomes a rival. We can recognise in these two strategies a variety of human literature and movie plots, my personal favourite being in Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo.

Then we have the mimic which represents just 1% of the Ruff male population. Not the normal case. Mimic males are not ornamented unlike the other two morphs, instead resembling unornamented females. Here, Lank states,

“Unable to attract females themselves, they lie in wait by the other males, and try to jump on an approaching female.”

Though research is scant, I do believe we have a version of the mimic reproductive strategy in humans where male criminals feign the opposite gender in order to gain access to a captive population of females in women’s prisons. It’s clear policy makers could use the advice of evolutionary ecologists before allowing sexual predators masquerading as transwomen into women’s spaces.

Unlike other species which can switch sex or ‘gender’ depending on environmental inputs, the Ruff strategies are not facultative (unlike in humans): It is inherited genetically. Not biologically — many people confuse genetic causation with biological. Biology is influenced by environmental factors and the leading hypothesis regarding human male homosexuality is a developmental one regarding hormonal anomalies in the female womb.

So this is not the gotcha many trans activists will think it is.

Sex change in Clownfish is not an expression of gender. IT IS A HETEROSEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY.

If we can find genetic markers for this fixed reproductive strategy in birds, we can also find it in humans. We haven’t. Also, these “gender” polymorphisms exist to aid heterosexual reproductive success and are not linked to sexuality. Note also, that bird species have differently categorised sex chromosomes of ZZ and ZW, with the males being the homomorphic sex (ZZ) whereas in humans it is the females (XX). Generally, it is thought that the sex expressing homomorphic chromosomes is the “default” sex: meaning all embryos begin as the sex with homomorphic chromosomes. The homomorphic sex continues, unmolested by hormones, to mature into that sex. Those embryos with the heteromorphic sex however (ZW or XY), go though either de-masculinization by exposure to oestrogens (as in female birds) or de-feminisation by exposure to androgens (as in human males). This is why in biology, chromosomes are not the defining characteristic of an organisms sex.

Other species in which males use the SF mating strategy are cuttlefish.

Again, this is a heterosexual mating strategy, not an expression of individual cuttlefish identity, and this is the normal case amongst all species of sexually reproducing species, whether they change sex or, supposedly, “gender.”

This model of sexual opportunism most definitely needs to be explored amongst LGBTQ+ radicals.

1. Origin of the term is unknown but “sneaky fucker strategy” has been used in evolutionary scientific literature since the 1970s. Best bet is John Maynard Smith (1920 – 2004) a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist.