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Spider fooled into sex by drop-dead male
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 10/5/05
| Roger Highfield
Posted on 10/04/2005 7:58:10 PM PDT by saquin
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To: arasina
Found this for the Crystal spider:
Mating. During the mating season, females begin emitting incredibly high-pitched chirping sounds to attract the male. The male Spider will become completely transparent except for the thickest portion of his abdomen, so that he looks like a little water drop running around. He chooses a female with which he will mate. There are never any fights over a female by males since the mating ritual is based on a first-come-first-serve approach. The females who have not yet been impregnated continue to call, and if there is a surplus of females an active male may mate more than once. If there is a surplus of males, the unlucky bachelors who do not mate will die off within the week. This seems to be a natural balancing system to ensure approximately equal numbers of Spiders and also gives the more active and energetic males a chance to improve the species.
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posted on
10/05/2005 11:41:48 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: arasina
WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied, "but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."
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posted on
10/05/2005 12:35:31 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I give catnip to my cat. I am an enabler.)
To: saquin; cyborg
The male nursery web spider faces an aggressive - and bigger - female when he feels the need to mate.Brother do I know what they mean!*
*Before I met my beloved cyborg, that is...
63
posted on
10/05/2005 12:39:48 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: Drammach
Did you know that CATS can't do that? ( Move jaw side to side )That explains the complete absence of phenomenal felines playing blues harmonica!
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posted on
10/05/2005 12:42:05 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: saquin
In the human world we call that divorce court.
To: saquin
Pretty much describes dating as I remember it.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Maybe it is beacuse the article is so serious, but for some reason I find this hysterical.
To: saquin
Aw, this article is bunk. I tried giving my date a baggie full of dead insects, feigning death, and then sliding under her for copulation. She called the cops.
They have different mating rituals here in prison...
To: GOP_Party_Animal; pissant
YOWZA! I never thought I'd get so horny reading Free Republic! You need to spend more time on Pissant Threads!
LOL!!!
PS... put him on the ping list?
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:08:28 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I give catnip to my cat. I am an enabler.)
To: arasina
I resemble that remark!
I just pinged two who are sure to get the ball rolling...downhill. :o)
70
posted on
10/05/2005 6:09:47 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I give catnip to my cat. I am an enabler.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Darksheare
I thought males were supposed to feign death after copulation.I thought he was just sleeping.
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:14:23 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I give catnip to my cat. I am an enabler.)
To: Dashing Dasher; Darksheare
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:19:07 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(It took 6 grand juries to indict Tom Delay. That's 5 more than it takes to indict a ham sandwich.)
To: Dashing Dasher
My PING list is down to one. LOL
73
posted on
10/05/2005 6:20:08 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:23:27 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I know you are but what am I?)
To: Slings and Arrows
I thought HE was supposed to leave....
75
posted on
10/05/2005 6:24:35 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I know you are but what am I?)
To: saquin
>>""It is important at what time in the process of copulation you get eaten"
>Words to live by, my friends.
Gives new meaning to the term "giving head"
76
posted on
10/05/2005 6:31:53 PM PDT
by
XEHRpa
To: Slings and Arrows; Dashing Dasher
"You will be the bearer of my spawn!"
*screams, girl running away*
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:31:57 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(There is something in the rain where "somewhere" ends.)
To: Dashing Dasher
I thought HE was supposed to leave.... Not if it's his apartment.
78
posted on
10/05/2005 6:56:15 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(It took 6 grand juries to indict Tom Delay. That's 5 more than it takes to indict a ham sandwich.)
To: Darksheare
"You will be the bearer of my spawn!" Try that a few times, and you end up paying child support for every demonic birth in the area.
79
posted on
10/05/2005 6:58:10 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(It took 6 grand juries to indict Tom Delay. That's 5 more than it takes to indict a ham sandwich.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Why would we go to HIS place?
Mine is so much nicer, and the sheets are clean....
Did I mention the hot tub?
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posted on
10/05/2005 6:58:21 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(I know you are but what am I?)
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