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Current mood:  awake Category: News and Politics
There's a story posted on Yahoo! News about the sex life of the African jumping spider.
I know... you thought this was going to be something totally different, didn't you??? :)
Anyway, apparently scientists have been studying the sex life of these spiders and discovered that while the virgin females go for the meatier mate, those that have already copulated (but weren't eaten by their male counterpart), go for the smaller mates thereafter.
And they are utterly surprised.
I have two problems with this study (hence, my ranting post here) and here they are:
For starters, why are we spending money studying the sex life of African spiders? Not that we haven't all wondered about this very thing, but come on... I know that Animal Planet needs new material but that's what guys like Jeff Corwin are for and besides, we've got much bigger fish, or spiders as the case may be, to fry. Go cure some diseases or build a teleporter so we never have to drive again. You'll solve the global warming problem and get rid of road rage in one fail swoop. At the very least, could they design a holodeck so that I can have romantic encounters with Brad Pitt at my leisure? See, now that would be worth some funding.
And what about all those "great mysteries of the world"? Where do those crop circles really come from for example, or what's our congress really doing to earn all that dough? And we haven't even touched on George Bush's thought process yet... that's worth at least a few years of study, don't you think?
Secondly, why are these scientists so surprised? One only has to look at the human female population to know that women will go for the meatier guy first and then seek out the not-so-jock guys the second time around. Why? Because the first time around, we're looking for someone studly, brainwashed to our society's idea of "bigger really is better". But Mr. MegaDik is more likely to lie, cheat and forget to call us when he says he will. He also tends to rely on the notion that the female's satisfaction is guaranteed which, as any chick will attest to, most certainly is NOT.
Smaller guy on the other hand has had to earn his sexual prowess. He knows that its world-of-mouth that will get him laid and so he better do a damn good job if he wants to get any in the future. He knows that there's more to "skills" than just sticking it in and has mastered the art of pleasure.
So there you have it. My rant for the day and an in-depth look at the mating habits of the African jumping spider. Aren't you glad you ventured over to my blog? :)
4:41 AM
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