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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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Was this kind of behavior widespread?
Ha! It is certainly nothing I have not seen before several times. The female usually isn't flying though and does not crash into the ground but simply goes to sleep. However, the sleep is commonly mistaken for death.
To: Sequoyah101
This is going to be a fun thread
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:18:40 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: Sequoyah101
To: Sequoyah101
Dragon Flies call it fake death, humans call it frigid, either way, its the same thing.
To: DocRock
LOL. Haven’t we all. We still love you guys, though!
To: DocRock
Not today, Honey. I have a terminal headache.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:21:16 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
To: Sequoyah101
Is this a universal behavior for all living female creatures???
To: Sequoyah101
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 4:24:27 PM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: Sequoyah101
Otherwise known as noassatall..
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:25:33 PM PDT
by
CMailBag
To: Uncle Sam 911
THAT'S why strip clubs were invented.....
Will sit here and wait for the backlash..
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:26:13 PM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: Sequoyah101
As James Bond would say...”she’s just dead”
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:26:22 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(FUMSM)
To: Paul46360
With humans, that part only comes after the divorce.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:26:31 PM PDT
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: Bob
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:27:37 PM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: Sequoyah101
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....I’m SLEEPING....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
To: Sequoyah101
Funny. I only thought human males faked their deaths to get away from women.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:31:29 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: RckyRaCoCo
Or Star Trek Bones: she’s not dead, Jim.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:32:49 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: RckyRaCoCo
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.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:32:54 PM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent, for the Lord is coming.)
To: Sequoyah101
To: Sequoyah101
That is what Bill Cosby looks for.
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:40:18 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: DocRock; Lazamataz
Was Laz involved in this?
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posted on
04/30/2017 4:40:20 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
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