NightScribe Posted March 6, 2007 Report Posted March 6, 2007 Straight ladies, send a mental "thank you" to the guy you lost your virginity to; it could have been worse. MSN-Spider "Chastity Belt" Quote
dazzledfirestar Posted March 6, 2007 Report Posted March 6, 2007 Well... that's ummm... disturbing. Effective, yes, but yikes! So happy I'm not a spider... and now I have a new reason to hate the little buggers too! Quote
redsliver Posted March 6, 2007 Report Posted March 6, 2007 A couple seconds of sex right before they're genitalia is broken off and they're devoured... Nature kind of gave male spiders the shaft didn't she? Quote
Guest Gaara Posted March 6, 2007 Report Posted March 6, 2007 Wow...that's kind of disturbing and fascinating at the same time. Quote
quamp Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 Ouch... of course, I'm sure some women out there wish this were the same for humans... if it were, the number of rapes would plummet. Quote
Guest Agaib Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 Wow, sounds like some really important science. I think we have a Ig Nobel prize nominee here... Where do you guy find this stuff? Quote
NightScribe Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Posted March 7, 2007 Where do you guy find this stuff? I check up on the news during my lunch, it was on msn's website. Must have been a slow news day! Quote
StoryJunkie Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 I agree with Agaib. The picture that comes to mind is this scientist quietly sitting, watching this arachnid copulatory act, and then killing the female in order to dissect it to see if she ripped him off at both ends, because it sure as hell looks that way... They get paid to do this? And this will benefit mankind how? Quote
Hermione Malfoy Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 I love spiders and I still love them even now. It is just nature at the end of the day; every species does what it can to survives; and I hardly blame the male. Besides, it's probably a kindness on the males part to other males... Kinda like... "Hey, guys you don't really want to share my fate you know!" Quote
redsliver Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 They get paid to do this? And this will benefit mankind how? They're scientists. If they've considered at all at how this is going to benefit mankind they're not doing their job. Quote
StoryJunkie Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 I'm just jealous that they got paid to do this! Quote
NightScribe Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Posted March 7, 2007 I don't know about other countries, but the good 'ole U.S. of A. gives out government grants for the stupidest research. Testing the flow rate of ketchup? (swear to God, that's a real one). I want money to determine how the molecular structure of take-out pizza changes when you a.) eat it cold the next day and b.) re-heat left-overs the next day. 'Cause the taste changes. Can I have $575,000.00 to research that? Quote
Guest Agaib Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 lol the molecular structure of take out pizza probably changes very little except for a reduced level of atomic motion from the loss of energy. You don't need $575,000 dollars to show that. I'm sure this researcher got a grant to study the mating behavior of arachnids when he made this discovery. But still... I really don't think that it should make national news... Quote
StoryJunkie Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 Unless there's a black market for used spider penises... Quote
ZombieDuke Posted March 9, 2007 Report Posted March 9, 2007 The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out, out came the sun and dried up all the rain and the itsy bitsy spider went up the drain again. On a side-note of love and breeding in general: Helping legless panda improve its sex life Quote
Guest Yhitzak Posted March 9, 2007 Report Posted March 9, 2007 Evolutionarily speaking, this is fascinating! What a brilliant measure for ensuring the perpetuation of one's genes. Learn something new every day. In all honesty, I see this study as having far more useful results than, say, the studies currently being conducted to isolate the thing in onions that makes you cry when you cut them. This study could (stress the word, could) have far-reaching results if one takes into consideration the behaviour patterns surrounding coitus. Or maybe I'm just trying to be optimistic. Quote
Leonhart29 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Posted March 10, 2007 Ouch! Okay - I knew about black widdows eating their mates but carying around a biological dildo for a while is enough to make my skin crawl. Well - maybe she just walks around with a big smile on her face for a few days and a really nice feeling in her neither regions. Quote
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