Female Drosophila montana fruit flies (pictured, another species of fruit fly) prefer to keep sex short and sweet, while males like it to last longer, scientists said in August 2009.
That's because females see a reproductive benefit from shorter sex: When mating lasts longer, female flies have less time to mate again with a different male, if they do so at all.
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2 posted on
08/31/2009 5:12:28 PM PDT by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: JoeProBono
After about a minute and a half [of mating], the female begins kicking and struggling,"Evidently, that 30-second foreplay and 30-second cuddle was plenty? Ladies?
3 posted on
08/31/2009 5:13:46 PM PDT by
Migraine
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To: JoeProBono
“stiff sex” Necrophilia - Fruit Fly style
To: JoeProBono
How many millions of dollars did this survey cost us??
6 posted on
08/31/2009 5:31:48 PM PDT by
taillightchaser
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To: JoeProBono
As Spock used to say “Fascinating...”.
As for myself, I have “no comment”. LOL.
To: JoeProBono
Before I pass judgment, I want to see what the swat team says.
8 posted on
08/31/2009 5:40:05 PM PDT by
Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
To see how much control female flies have over mating length, Klappert, Dominique Mazzi of the University of Jyväskylä, and colleagues paired live males with dead females. The team propped up the dead insects—Weekend at Bernie's-style—to convince the males that they were still alive and ready for sex. To think that someone actually receives a paycheck for this.
9 posted on
08/31/2009 5:43:46 PM PDT by
workerbee
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Female fruit flies prefer to keep sex short and sweet, while males like it to last longer.
What? They had to watch thousands of pairs of flies mating over a period of months, and they didn't call the rest of us? Jerks.
11 posted on
08/31/2009 7:45:56 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
“But it can be disastrous for females, which want to increase genetic variability of their offspring.”
Precisely how did we find out what the female fruit fly wants ? And how does a female fruit fly become aware of genetics, evolution, and that sort of thing ?
14 posted on
09/01/2009 11:21:50 AM PDT by
lucias_clay
(All We Weed Up !)
To: JoeProBono
That’s it. I’m part fruit fly.
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