US lobster becomes impotent in Norway: can not cope with european females

Aftonbladet ^ | 21 January 2004 | Aftonbladet (picked up from TT)

[fdsa2]

The American lobster fails to "get it on" with European female lobsters.

This will probably save the European population of lobsters.

Norwegian fishermen caught American lobsters within the Oslo fjord.

Scientists who warned that the european species risked beeing jostled out because of the import of the American relative, now sound the all-clear according to TT (Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå).

The courting of the American lobster male runs smooth, until it is time for the finale. Then the male suddenly becomes unsure - since he does not recognise the anatomy of the female lobster.

[fdsa2]

Could not resist.

[LPStar]

What, no Scandinavian-style sex education for lobsters?

[Gerasimov]

I know how that poor lobster feels... I've been unable to recognize the anatomy of some female Europeans, too.

[GulliverSwift]

Fortunately for him, Zoidberg is an immigrant.

[DeepDish]

Rendered impotent by the hair in her clawpits and on her legs.

[piasa]

It's probbaly the smell. Deodorant-disdaining European females turn off a lot of American males that way.

[fdsa2]

LOL! ok, but remember there are also non-hairy blond yummies from the north among the lobster population....

[skinkinthegrass]

..the smell. Deodorant-disdaining European females turn off a lot of American males that way.

Yeah, I like mine w/ Clarified butter. :)

[Boot Hill]

Hey, if you think this is so easy, let's see you try to maintain an erection in 35° water!

[skinkinthegrass]

..let's see you try to maintain an erection in 35° water!

Brrrr!...I'm glad they're cold-blooded.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[decimon]

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.

She showed me her room, isn’t it good, norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,

So I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.

We talked until two and then she said, "it’s time for bed".

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.

I told her I didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the bath.

And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown.

So I lit a fire, isn’t it good, norwegian wood.

[mitch5501]

"The American lobster fails to "get it on" with European female lobsters."

crabs?

[ovrtaxt]

European? Her teeffs were crooked, I'll bet.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Thanks.

You've made his day.

[capt. norm]

Everyone knows that female European lobsters never use deodorant and have a lot of hair growing under thair claws.

Beside that a lot of them are ugly.

[mewzilla]

They should send Larry.

[Chewbacca]

Caw!!!??

[farmfriend]

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[null and void]

OoooooKay...

Just out of curiosity, why doesn't someone import Maine lobstah to the waters off the Pacific Northwest?

I'd be willing to bet they'd thrive in the cold waters. They would be a good commercial harvest.

Having the population in two locations is insurance against disaster. If disease or pollution (remember the anti-West Nile mosquito Malathion spray wiped out the Hudson River population?) destroys the Maine stocks, the Oregon/Washington/British Columbian stocks could replenish them, in much the same way the California grape stocks replaced the french vines after they were wiped out by disease in the 19th century.

[helives]

hahaha.......or maybe cant get past the punjab, thats european now, right??

[Polybius]

Hey, if you think this is so easy, let's see you try to maintain an erection in 35° water!

Erection + 35° water = Frightened Turtle Syndrome

[null and void]

That's MISTER Shy Turtle to you!

[SkyRat]

Ping
Sorry to bug you

I might be awfully wrong here but isn't this a form of speciation?
Unable to produce viable offspring because the male doesn't recognize the female anymore?

Hope you can clear this.
Regards

[steveo]

"Look, you don't understand. There was shrinkage."

[sonofatpatcher2]

It is probably all that hair in all those armpits that is putting Yankee Doodle Lobsters off...

[theFIRMbss]

>can not cope with european females

This girl's from Europe... I'm not sure I'd be able to cope very well...

[PatrickHenry]

I might be awfully wrong here but isn't this a form of speciation? Unable to produce viable offspring because the male doesn't recognize the female anymore?

Sounds like speciation. Not a major discovery, I suspect. These things happen. I'm notifying a few of the regulars, but not ringing any bells.

[balrog666]

Let me at 'em!

[VadeRetro]

Now there's a big ocean cockroach!

[Xenalyte]

Fortunately for him, Zoidberg is an immigrant.

Dude, you're supposed to ping him when you mention him. :)

[Dr.Zoidberg]

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/2ACV05/09.mp3

[Dr.Zoidberg]