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Female toads inflate to avoid sex.
BBC ^
| Jan 6 2010
| BBC
Posted on 01/24/2010 5:41:40 PM PST by GSP.FAN
A report in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal describes how a female cane toad inflates its body to prevent an amorous male from mating with it.
This makes it difficult for the male toad to "hold on".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: genderwars; napl; toads
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Works for me...
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:41:41 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
My ex-wife did that very same thing.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:42:24 PM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: GSP.FAN
LOL, same thing happens to married women.
3
posted on
01/24/2010 5:42:37 PM PST
by
upsdriver
To: GSP.FAN
To: Snickering Hound
She looks even less appealing then Rosie O’Donuts!
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:45:35 PM PST
by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Is anyone in the 0bama administration competent at anything?!!?)
To: GSP.FAN
There was no way I could pass this headline.
Man you found a gem.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:45:43 PM PST
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: GSP.FAN
...inflates its body to prevent an amorous male from mating with it. Yep.. Seen it happen in the human world too. They also put so much junk on their skin they may be just as poisonous as the toad.
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:48:26 PM PST
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: GSP.FAN
You beat me to it! Really, it’s not fair to the self respecting toads!
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:51:16 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: GSP.FAN
So, does it look to your like Rosie is slowly turning into an actual troll?
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:52:29 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
To: upsdriver
Sure, men never let their six packs turn into beer bellies.
10
posted on
01/24/2010 5:53:32 PM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: GSP.FAN
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:53:32 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: GSP.FAN
Rosie O’Doughnut...not enough beer in the world.
To: GSP.FAN
How 'bout this one?
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:55:20 PM PST
by
ChrisInAR
(You gotta let it out, Captain!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Lets hope Toads have a sense of humour..
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:56:45 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: GSP.FAN
Not only that, but they can give the males genital warts.
To: ChrisInAR
At least if she inflated, the wrinkles would disappear!!!
To: ChrisInAR
UGH..Helen does not need to inflate smiling does the same job..
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:59:35 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: GSP.FAN
The toad wins, no contest!
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posted on
01/24/2010 5:59:54 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: GSP.FAN
Well gee, could the male make himself any more unattractive?
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posted on
01/24/2010 6:00:25 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
Holy Sh!t, his testicles double as life jackets!!!
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