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Tao
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Tylen
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Spider sex causes spontaneous death
* 12:33 26 June 2003
* NewScientist.com news service
* Philip Cohen
Sexual suicide, cannibalism and necrophilia are all involved in a macabre study that adds a new twist to the mating behaviour of spiders.
Researchers found that for male orb-weaving spiders of the species Argiope aurantia completing copulation leads to certain death. The deceased suitor's corpse is then trapped in the female genitalia. This may be a strategy to prevent other males from subsequently mating with the female, say the scientists.
"I was stunned that his happened with every single male," says Matthias Foellmer, of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, who conducted the study with Daphne Fairbairn of the University of California, Riverside. "Spiders are known for their bizarre mating, but even so this was surprising."
Male spiders are often the losers of the dating game. The females of many species are cannibals, literally combining dinner and a date. Some males do their best to escape their mate's post coital appetite while others, like the red back spider, accept their fate by somersaulting into the female's fangs.
But anecdotal reports that Argiope males were not eaten but died spontaneously during sex intrigued Foellmar and Fairbairn. So they observed more than 100 spider matings.
Heart stopping
Male spiders possess two sexual organs called pedipalps, each of which inflates after inserting into one of a pair of genital openings in the female. In the 55 cases in which a male finished mating by inserting his second pedipalp, the researchers saw that the male immediately became unresponsive and assumed a death posture with legs folded under his body. The male spiders' hearts stopped beating after a few minutes.
There was no obvious sign that the female was responsible for this lethal effect. And any stealthy way of dealing out death was ruled out by the actions of one confused male that stuck his second pedipalp into a mealworm carcass trapped in the web. This cross-species necrophilia also instantly triggered the male's death, showing female Argiope's are not to blame.
The female do sometimes remove and devour their dead mates. But the researchers do not think the death program evolved to give her a post-sex snack, as the males are too tiny to provide much nutrition.
Instead the researchers think the corpses act as a weird chastity belt that blocks the female genitals and discourages other suitors. If so, it appears to be effective. In 11 cases where competing males attempted to dislodge the dead mate, they only succeeded three times. And it was not for lack of trying, Foellmer told New Scientist: "The other males go beserk, bite into the legs and try to pull him off."
Journal reference: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0042) |
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It's so nice Aesal, that you visit every so often to share these little bits of sunshine with us!
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Tao
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Rapping Babies
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HR-Mickey
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfT4ikZCQJk
Ironically, I found myself concluding that the liberal guy was by far the bigger non-punk dickhead.
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HR-Trevor
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That was pretty funny. When the liberal guy said, "come on, guy!" I had flashbacks of southpark saddam.
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Awesome 
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HR-Trevor
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A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady 40 miles per hour.
The wife is behind the wheel.
Her husband suddenly looks across at her and speaks in a clear voice.
"I know we've been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce."
The wife says nothing,
Keeps looking at the road ahead but slowly increases her speed to 45 mph.
The husband speaks again. "I don't want you to try and talk me out of it,"
He says, "because I've been having an affair with your best friend,
And she's a far better lover than you are."
Again the wife stays quiet,
But grips the steering wheel more tightly and slowly increases the speed to 55
He pushes his luck. "I want the house," he says insistently..
Up to 60.
"I want the car, too," he continues.
65 mph.
"And," he says, "I'll have the bank accounts, all the credit cards and the boat!"
The car slowly starts veering towards a massive concrete bridge.
This makes him nervous, so he asks her, "Isn't there anything you want?"
The wife at last replies in a quiet and controlled voice.
"No, I've got everything I need," she says.
"Oh, really," he inquires, "so what have you got?"
Just before they slam into the wall at 65 mph,
The wife turns to him and smiles.
"The airbag."
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Timing is everything 
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EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
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someone stole a whole skit from Reno 911 
ps: for those curious, Dangle did pretty much this during an episode as an audition for Officer Krupke - dancing and directing traffic to show he could play the role.
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