Makara Rashi also helpful for Upapada?

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|| Om Gurave Namah ||Dear Jyotishas, Please read the news item below and some latest findings on crocodiles (Makara).From my Jyotish view point I dint expect Makara Rashi (When Crocodiles Live) to give high extent of Monogamous relations. I thought being a debility point of Jupiter. This research seems to tell that even Makara Rashi can give good pure ULs (atleast 70% )

Your views are appreciated.Warm Regards,Sanjay PAlligators surprisingly monogamous Finding serves as first evidence for mate fidelity in any crocodilian species

By LiveScience Staff LiveScienceupdated 2:04 p.m. ET Oct. 16, 2009

Alligators are not as promiscuous as previously thought, a new study finds. A

10-year study of alligators at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in

Louisiana revealed that up to 70 percent of females chose to remain

with their partner, often for many years. Scientists were surprised to find that that many alligators chose the same partner over many mating seasons ,

given the fact that the reptiles live in dense populations and females

typically encounter many males as they move freely among the group. Among many species in the animal kingdom, including bonobos (which are primates like us) and walruses, promiscuity is rampant .

" Given

how incredibly open and dense the alligator population is at RWR

(Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge) we didn't expect to find fidelity, " said

Stacey Lance, a researcher at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory who led

the study. " To actually find that 70 percent of our re-trapped females

showed mate fidelity was really incredible. I don't think any of us

expected that the same pair of alligators that bred together in 1997

would still be breeding together in 2005 and may still be producing

nests together to this day. " The finding, which serves as the first evidence for mate fidelity in

any crocodilian species, was made by tracking a group of females and

analyzing the DNA of their offspring. Out of 10 females, seven were

found to have returned to the same mating partner, with one female

mating with the same partner in 1997, 2002, and 2005. Such a mating pattern is also similar to the mating behavior of bird species .

Crocodilians species are the sole surviving reptilian archosaurs, a

group of ancient reptiles that includes dinosaurs and gave rise to

birds. The alligator’s evolutionary relationship to birds offers

scientists a unique opportunity to better understand the ancestral mating systems of both birds and many dinosaurs. " In

this study, by combining molecular techniques with field studies we

were able to figure something out about a species that we never would

have known otherwise, " Lance said. " Hopefully future studies will also

lead to some unexpected and equally fascinating results.” The study is detailed in the current issue of Molecular Ecology. © 2009 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33346395/ns/technology_and_science-science/