Mating Call

It's interesting to note that animals have various ways of calling the attention of the opposite sex.  This is what is known as the mating call.  I Googled "mating calls of animals" and top of the list is Mingle2 - How Animals Date: The Top 5 Weirdest Mating Call.  I would've loved to try listening to the penguin's "fog horn" or see the camel's "tongue whip", but I didn't have the time.  Maybe when I'm not busy...

But, on with the story.  The reason why I'm blogging about this is because I've been trying to explain why a group of 3 to 4 girls can sound like a gaggle of geese fighting over a single snail.  I've seen and heard them everywhere.  And I wonder, why in the world would one talk to girl friends who are sitting shoulder to shoulder with you in a voice that is a gazillion decibels higher than an SM demo merchandizer's voice?

And then the words "mating call" flashed before my eyes.

And I realized, these girls are trying to attract guys!  That's why they were so noisy!  I don't know if I'd pity them for not having experienced being "mated" (translation: having a guy attracted to them, being pursued, dating, having a boyfriend).  Or whether I am just being nice by offering an excuse for their inexcusable barbaric behavior. 

Whatever the reason is, I gues what I'm trying to do is really keeping myself from coming up to them and punching them in the face.  Oh, well.  At least I have an excuse not to... for now.