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And anyway, while I suppose there is truth in that pheromone stuff, I think it must have a lot less impact than they think it does (on humans anyway).  We don't need to be near a woman to be excited by one, so the pheromone thing wouldn't count there.  But what I meant was I was curious why certain species are attracted to certain things.

An easier way to put it might be this:

Why are we, as humans, attracted to breasts but not fingers?
Why legs but not ears?

And that's what I mean; on another species it's even more weird because in some cases they all look the same, but I suppose then, like you said, that pheromone thing must have something to do with it.  It's actually a very interesting question because anyone who could nail what it is that lies at the heart of what we find attractive about women, would be able to create the most incredible figures.

Pumeco, You're limiting yourself and others to just one thing... visual cues. We have other senses you know, just as animals do. While they may all look alike to you, you can bet those other species notice things you don't. As an example, remember that thread we had about morphing Roxie, and you were insistent on her having thigh gap?  I remember an episode of the american sitcom, Seinfeld, where Jerry was turned on by this woman until he noticed that she had "man hands", and that turned him off. In some cultures, women use perfumes and colonges because their men like it. It some other cultures men prefer their women "au natural" in the smell department. Go figure. i don't personally like women with big feet or huge muscles. Everybody agrees that Wonder Woman is beautiful. The fighting begins when you try and define  what that beauty is.

In that regard, animals aren't much different. Look at birds. The brightly plummage birds are usually male. In humans, it's the females.