Sex-starved fruit flies turn to drink, just as humans do[views:1867][posts:22]_____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:18am - Alx_Casket ""] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17357560 Male fruit flies that have been rejected by females drink significantly more alcohol than those that have mated freely, scientists say. We are nothing more than flies. [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:31am - Ancient_Master ""] they also have the longest sperm of any known creature on earth http://www.livescience.com/812-longest-sperm-create-paradox-nature.html |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:32am - Ancient_Master ""] If there was a prize for biggest sperm in nature, it would go to Drosophila bifurca, a tiny fruit fly whose coiled sperm would measure more than 2 inches long if straightened out. That's 1,000 times longer than an average human sperm. "To put that into perspective, if humans made sperm that long and you took a six-foot man and stood him on the goal line of a football field, his sperm would stretch out to the 40-yard line," said Adam Bjork, a Ph.D. student at Syracuse University in New York. Along with Syracuse University biologist Scott Pitnick, Bjork examined why any animal, let alone a tiny fruit fly, would evolve such lengthy sperm. |
| _______________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:35am - Yeti ""] hahaha i just read that same article. one day i was talking to my brother, who studies biology and organic chemistry, about how it seems like fruit flies just spontaneously form, and he goes "they don't spontaneously form, i've seen them have sex!". it was hilarious. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:49am - ABastard NLI ""] OLD NEWS...fruit flies THRIVE on stale beers in 212 |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:52am - Alx_Casket ""] Ah yes, the ones with the mini Mjolnirs |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:52am - FuckIsMySignature ""] ATTN: Fruit Flies GTFO of my Kitchen in the Summer time. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:54am - arilliusbm ""] Gregor Mendel already figured this out many years ago. Old news, open up science books. |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:57am - FuckIsMySignature ""] Book? Whats that? Some kind of digital hardcopy or something? |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:58am - ABastard NLI ""] Alx_Casket said:Ah yes, the ones with the mini PENIS NECKLACES |
| __________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 10:58am - RustyPS ""] IET: Jim knows too much (IET = In Every Thread) |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:01am - FuckIsMySignature ""] RustyPS said:IET: Jim thinks he knows everything (IET = In Every Thread) :bartmoon: |
| __________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:07am - RustyPS ""] That works too |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:07am - arilliusbm ""] IET: I try to be an annoying prick. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:09am - arilliusbm ""] I challenge thee to a game of jeopardy, u won't. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:14am - Alx_Casket ""] fair warning: he cheats in games |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:17am - FuckIsMySignature ""] [img] |
| __________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:17am - RustyPS ""] Me or Tom? |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:33am - arilliusbm ""] Tom, nigga just called me out. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:33am - RustyPS ""] Your bff just called you a cheater too, ain't no love fo no Aril round heah |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:39am - arilliusbm ""] Oh well. I've asked for it over the years. |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:40am - FuckIsMySignature ""] I will only accept the challenge if it is Celebrity Jeopardy. If you win you can have my autograph. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 16,2012 11:40am - Alx_Casket ""] I accused him of cheating, he looked me dead in the eye and said "this game is subjective," and then he won. [img] |