Posted by Racer on March 18, 2006, at 20:15:58
In reply to Edited for content. Not really., posted by Phil on March 18, 2006, at 14:35:09
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> The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
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>Not quite true. Male praying mantis (don't know the plural, "mantises?" "Mantisses?" Whatever.) Anyway, the male praying mantis can indeed initiate sex with head intact, and generally speaking does try to end the same way. What is true, though, is that if you decapitate a male praying mantis, it will begin the beguine, as it were...
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> Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
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>That's a statistical anomoly. Remember how lefties were forced to use their right hand? Well, when they did the survey that led to that conclusion, they basically found that there weren't all that many lefties over a certain age. So, does that mean that most of the lefties were already dead? Or only that most lefties of that generation had been taught to be righties?
Of course, more lefties do die in accidents than righties, proprotionally.
So, part right, part wrong.
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> Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
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>Actually, bonobos, and possibly chimpanzees, also have sex for non-reproductive purposes. Mostly pleasure, and bonobos use it for social reasons, too. Kinda like thanks for taking me to dinner, I guess.
And a lot of animals [edited to "pleasure themselves"], which makes me think that even if it's reproductive hormones that triggers it, there's still a big element of pleasure motivating most other animals, too.
Especially if they're pigs...
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> If you f--ted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
>I was going to write something about this one, too, but maybe I'll just be very, very careful around a couple of people I know...
Phil, I am so sorry I can't just keep my mouth shut. I hate that I get this way, having to correct things that I think are maybe not quite true. I don't mean to be a party pooper, and they were funny -- and anyway, I like you and don't want to hurt your feelings or annoy you. Just my obsessive/compulsive features, or something...
Good to see you here, too.
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