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Title: Playing Dead Post by: dystopia on March 03, 2008, 12:41:48 PM Male spiders play dead for ****: study http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiology****spideroffbeat;_ylt=Am2XQsGj06xyjLoU5PpmJ1XtiBIF Quote PARIS (AFP) - Advice on how to score with the ladies would probably never include the strategy that works best for at least one species of male spider: playing dead. ... ... All the males sought to attract partners by offering a gift of food, held in the mouth. But the ones that lay flat and motionless -- even if meant getting dragged about by a female that had latched onto the victuals -- wound up in a much better position, as it were, to engage in ****ual activity. The hapless males that tried the direct approach wound up keeping the free meal but not getting what they were really after. Males that played dead were also allowed to copulate longer than males that did not, ensuring more eggs could fertilized, the researchers reported. .... (more...) Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: twoiron on March 03, 2008, 12:50:30 PM Male spiders play dead for ****: study http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiology****spideroffbeat;_ylt=Am2XQsGj06xyjLoU5PpmJ1XtiBIF Quote PARIS (AFP) - Advice on how to score with the ladies would probably never include the strategy that works best for at least one species of male spider: playing dead. ... ... All the males sought to attract partners by offering a gift of food, held in the mouth. But the ones that lay flat and motionless -- even if meant getting dragged about by a female that had latched onto the victuals -- wound up in a much better position, as it were, to engage in ****ual activity. The hapless males that tried the direct approach wound up keeping the free meal but not getting what they were really after. Males that played dead were also allowed to copulate longer than males that did not, ensuring more eggs could fertilized, the researchers reported. .... (more...) I think there's something in that for all of us. ;) peter.parker.surrenders Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: Jules on March 03, 2008, 12:57:51 PM All twoiron has to do, is stand outside a building with a cigarette hanging outside his mouth. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: twoiron on March 03, 2008, 01:03:49 PM All twoiron has to do, is stand outside a building with a cigarette hanging outside his mouth. ;D ;D ;D ;D (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:3SQ0GCoWhf1H1M:http://www.bigmagic.com) Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: Jules on March 03, 2008, 01:07:08 PM Twoiron dosent have to deal with this playing dead nonsense. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: stroh on March 03, 2008, 01:10:54 PM In a somewhat ironic twist, whenever I mention ****, my wife plays dead.
Title: Re: Playing Dead Post by: gleek on March 03, 2008, 02:00:23 PM In a somewhat ironic twist, whenever I mention ****, my wife plays dead. Just cover her up when you're finished. |