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Female dragonflies fake death to avoid lusting males
New Atlas ^
| April 28, 2017
| Nick Layars
Posted on 04/30/2017 4:17:22 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Sequoyah101
Rassim wasn't the first to notice this kind of behavior.
Dragonflies Strange Love April 2006 Grab, shake, bite, puncture, punch—that's just the courtship ritual of these dazzling aerobats.
Females, for their part, attempt to escape this boorish behavior by flipping, zigzagging, spiraling upward or downward, submerging in water, fleeing at high speed, or fighting back, sometimes murderously.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:00:16 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
To: oldvirginian
When they look like Christie Brinkley they can wash and set their hair several times a day.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:02:41 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: Tucker39
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:03:32 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: Sequoyah101
It must be easier for her than pulling her wedding ring back out of her pocket and putting it back on.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:20:40 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: tgusa
“So, now I know who was dating my GF. You poor b***ard.”
At least I didn’t marry her!
I married a whole nother kind of crazy the first go round.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:30:35 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst a millstone around the neck of the citizenry.)
To: Sequoyah101
“When they look like Christie Brinkley they can wash and set their hair several times a day.”
But at least Christie put out....if you had enough cash.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:33:01 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst a millstone around the neck of the citizenry.)
To: Sequoyah101
I’ve not experienced this phenomenon personally. That figger is just part of the rumors some guys toss around down at the hangout.
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posted on
04/30/2017 6:53:45 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
(In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
To: DocRock
Typical female bug reply: "I can't. I have to wash my antennae." (click)
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:17:38 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
To: RckyRaCoCo
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:43:50 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: Paul46360
"Well at least she doesn’t EAT the male after they DO IT..like the Mantis does..
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:44:12 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: Battle Axe
"I have observed a dragonfly using a human as bait. Dragonflies feed on mosquitoes, but they have to catch them. So they hang around humans as the humans attract the mosquitoes...I know of many a small child to go screaming in the house as the darner needles (dragonflies) were after them. When in fact the dragonflies were doing the children a favor by eating the mosquitoes. By some estimates, a single dragonfly can eat around 100 mosquitoes a day. They are definitely one of the good bugs.
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:48:00 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: fidelis
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:50:27 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: Sequoyah101
Females of all species have been doing a variation of this theme since creation.
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posted on
04/30/2017 7:50:54 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: Sequoyah101
Will necrophilia evolve as a survival technique?
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posted on
04/30/2017 8:10:19 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: Sequoyah101
Nothing new. Jewish wives have been doing this for thousands of years.
To: Sequoyah101
Well, that explains all the dragonflies in my car’s grille.........................
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posted on
05/01/2017 8:02:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Sequoyah101
She was sleeping - had a headache...
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posted on
05/01/2017 8:04:28 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out... - - Horowitz)
To: Sequoyah101; 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
A much, MUCH belated DANG!
Animals are great!
(I’m sure at least one of FR’s self-appointed hall monitors considers this a sexist, misogynist post, since people might be critical of female dragonflies for this behavior. Personally, I can’t blame them, since male dragonflies are apparently quite rape-y.)
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posted on
09/06/2019 3:05:52 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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