Boots (poem) Boots (poem) "Boots" is a poem by English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It was first published in 1903, in his collection "The Five Nations". "Boots" imagines the repetitive thoughts of a British Army infantryman marching by forced marches in South Africa during the Second Boer War (which had ended in 1902). It has been said that if the first four words in each line are read at the rate of two words to the second, that gives the time to which the British foot soldier was accustomed to march. The poem was set to music for low male
Social monogamy in mammalian species was significantly lower in monogamous species than in polyandrous ones. However, there still needs to be more empirical evidence in order to further test this hypothesis. Sexual dimorphism relates to the phenotypic differences between a male and a female of the same species, often referring to the species' body size. Monogamous males tend to be smaller compared to females, which results in sexual competition between the male candidates for a larger female. Comparing to monogamous species, polygynous species tend to display more sexual dimorphism, or difference in body size; it is believed that sexual dimorphism could be an evolutionary consequence