Why these fish could reveal exactly why you find the opposite sex so attractive.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: March 22, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By Jenny Rees Western Mail

The key to finding our ideal partner lies not in their eyes, good sense of humour, or physique - but in smelly fish.

New research by Cardiff scientists, using stickleback fish, has identified the chemical that makes some men smell more attractive to women than others.

Experiments over the past 10 years have shown that women are attracted to certain pheromones given off by men, but this latest study, which took pl...