Letters, Jun. 14, 1948

Love Life

Sir:

For years I have admired you from afar and have loved your little old magazine like a brother. But now I hate you, I hate you. My reason? Your report of the studies of one Professor N. Tinbergen (a likely name!) in re the procreative functions of sticklebacks [TIME, May 24], to wit:

"Professor Tinbergen concludes that breeding sticklebacks do not see their mates as fish of the other sex. The male sees only an egg-distended shape; later he smells fresh eggs. The female sees a flash of red belly; later...

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