Why do females live longer? Well, because "the drive to impress females pushes males toward early graves".
"Again and again across the animal kingdom, males die younger than females — a consistent, puzzling pattern of premature expiration that new research suggests may be the unavoidable biological cost of impressing the ladies.
An emblematic example of the trade-off is seen among houbara bustards, a large Middle Eastern bird with exuberant male courtship displays. Males age faster than females, and biologists found that exceptionally exuberant males age fastest. (...)
It makes sense that males investing heavily in courtship would burn out young, their energies expended on loud calls and bright colors and elaborate dances. (...)
'Humans are not under the same intensity of sexual selection that Houbara males are,' said Preston, 'but it’s a tantalizing possibility that similar patterns may occur.' "
And then the article illustrates this statement with the picture of a Ferrari... As the saying goes, a word to the wise is enough...
Image from here.
Image from here.
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