Ka taƙaita labarin:  Mun san shekaru aru-aru cewa mafi kyawun aboki na mutum shine kare - daidai? Ba lallai ba ne, a cewar wani sabon binciken YouGov, wanda ya gano cewa lobsters sune dabbobin da aka fi so ga maza - idan aka kwatanta da zaɓin da mata suka yi - sai alligators, sticklebacks, sharks da gaggafa. Ga mata, a halin yanzu, sakamakon ya kasance mai ɗan tsoro - tare da ƙananan aladu, kuliyoyi, ponies, jakuna da chinchillas da ke saman biyar. Sabon aboki mafi kyau na mutum? Karnuka na iya yin mulkin gida, amma yanzu bisa ga binciken YouGov na mutane a Burtaniya, maza sun fi son lobsters a matsayin dabba da suka fi so - idan aka kwatanta da zaɓin mata - wanda zai iya zama saboda suna haɗuwa da su tare da cin abinci mai kyau (hoto na lobster na Red Reef da aka nuna) Nazarin ya haɗa da binciken membobin YouGov 190,000 a Burtaniya, wanda kamfanin ya ce shine "watakila mafi girman bayanan da aka tattara game da sha'awar mutane da tsoro a duniyar dabbobi". Gabaɗaya, lokacin da ba a la'akari da jinsi ba, dabbobin da aka fi so na al'umma sune karnuka, damisa, giwaye, kuliyoyi da dolphins. Mafi ƙarancin fa'ida sune eels, millipedes da gizo-gizo. Amma, sa'ad da aka gwada zaɓin namiji da na mace, an sami bambanci na ban mamaki a tsakanin jinsunan a kan waɗanda suka fi shahara. Bayanai sun nuna cewa lobsters sune dabbobi mafi mashahuri a tsakanin maza idan aka kwatanta da wadanda mata ba sa son su, sai alligators, sticklebacks da sauransu. Ga mata, idan aka kwatanta da maza, ƙananan aladu ne a saman jerin, sai kuliyoyi da dawakai. Game da shahararrun dabbobi, binciken ya gano cewa abubuwa kamar karnuka da kunama sun fi shahara a tsakanin mata fiye da maza. Maza sun fi son dabbobi 'jarumi','m' ko'masu ban tsoro', yayin da mata suka fi son 'kyakkyawa', 'kyakkyawa' da 'dabbobi'. A cikin wasan kwaikwayon na Simpsons mai taken Lisa Gets an 'A' (kashi na bakwai na kakar 10), Homer Simpsons yana samun lobster na dabbobi wanda ya kira Pinchy, kuma abin takaici ya ƙare da dafa shi zuwa ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayon. Yayin da ayyukansa suka zama kamar baƙon abu, shin Homer ya annabta cewa...
Binciken YouGov ya tambayi mutane 190,000 a Burtaniya da dabbobi da suke so. Ga maza da mata, dabbobin da suka fi shahara sune karnuka da damisa. Amma lokacin da aka danganta jinsi, sakamakon ya kasance abin mamaki. Maza sun fi son lobsters, alligators, sticklebacks, sharks da gaggafa. Mata sun fi son kananan aladu, kuliyoyi, dawakai da jakuna.