Hope for the ugly people; SCIENTIFIC STUDY.(News) From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: September 6, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THERE may be consolation for those who worry they do not conform to Hollywood's idea of beauty, after scientists said yesterday that some animals prefer mates most of the population find unattractive.

Until now studies of how people and animals choose mates have found members of the same species are attracted to the same traits, which are supposed to signal characteristics like an increased chance offspring will survive.

For instance, peahens prefer to mate wi...