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I noticed that you are only looking for advice from people who had NOT
conducted or read any research on the topic. Wonder why? Perhaps that is
because anyone who has actually tried it knows that it is a bunch of babble?

Jim Pappas wrote in message ...
>I am not a physicist, but I am looking for an answer to the following
>question:
>
>Why is it that if you hold a necklace just a few centimeters over a male
(of
>any species), it will begin to swing like a pendulum, whereas, if you hold
a
>necklace over a female, it will begin to move in a circular motion?
>
>I have heard of this technique being used in a variety of areas, from the
>identification of gender in animals, where the gender is not obvious, to
>pregnant women trying to discern whether they are carrying a male or a
>female (by hanging it over their lower abdomen).
>
>If you have not conducted or read any research on the topic, would you
>please advise me as to how I might find the answer to this question?
>
>Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
>
>
>--Jim P. Pappas
>
>


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