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Deadly Spider Demands Long Courtship, or Else
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| Oct. 21, 2009
| Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 10/22/2009 12:44:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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Deadly Game Male Australian redback spiders who want to mate must provide exactly 100 minutes of courting or they are eaten by the giant female targets of their attention.
To: JoeProBono
I had an ex that required $100 of wooing before any mating occurred.
She's my ex because she was charging others a lot less.
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posted on
10/22/2009 12:46:50 PM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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To: JoeProBono
Wow, talk about “high maintenance.”
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posted on
10/22/2009 12:47:42 PM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: Pistolshot
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posted on
10/22/2009 12:49:29 PM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: JoeProBono
Well, at least they don’t have to listen to them.
parsy, who enjoys quietness
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posted on
10/22/2009 12:54:46 PM PDT
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: Pistolshot
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:01:25 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
***this species can win at love without exerting much effort***
Yeah Baby!
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:11:43 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
To: JoeProBono
Maybe the smaller males are eaten less often because they are not enough of a meal to be worth the trouble.
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:13:48 PM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: Pistolshot
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
("For America today, decline is not a condition. Decline is a choice"- Krauthammer)
To: randomhero97
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:14:51 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Sixty-minute man
They call me Lovin' Dan
I rock 'em, roll 'em all night long
I'm a sixty-minute "CHOMP!"
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:15:48 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: Pistolshot
**....begins to explain the extreme size differences between males and females among some spider species.**
Sometimes little things do mean a lot;)
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:16:10 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
To: F15Eagle
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:16:32 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: parsifal
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:17:53 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Jewbacca
Cute little girl there ... I hope that ugly wench in the spider-suit doesn’t hurt her.
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:18:33 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:21:24 PM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
To: JoeProBono
Females of the Australian redback spider, one of the world's most poisonous spiders and a close relative to the black widow, demand 100 minutes of courting or else they usually cannibalize their male suitors, research finds. If your courtship ritual lasts 4 hours or more, please consult an arachnologist.
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:22:23 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Soon everyone will win a Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush...well, except for George Bush.)
To: JoeProBono
hey dude, you better forget the coldplay approach
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:22:35 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Democrats scare me, the GOP infuriates me.")
To: JoeProBono
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Never mind, I just really think I don’t wanna know...
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:23:19 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
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