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Klebert L. Hall: See, that's what that one-legged lady kept saying about Paul McCartney, but I thought she was just being mean... -Kle. more »
Counterglow: No doubt this relationship will soon be known as the Leno Correlation. more »
CuriousYellow: This is giving me some flashbacks to when I was teaching in Taiwan and all my students were obssessed with this Pokemon-esque cartoon Mushiking. Ther... more »
ceti: Geez, I did this kind of research on two species of paper-making wasps one summer in my undergraduate years. Basically, the European species, who is ... more »
Nantonos: Real ice-breaker at a party. "What do you do?" "Oh, I measure beetle ejaculate volume". more »
#evolution

The Bigger Your Weapon, The Smaller Your Balls - If You're A Beetle

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To compete for mates, male beetles often grow fierce mandibles that they use to fight other males. Unfortunately, there's a tradeoff. Researchers in Japan discovered that beetles with longer mandible weapons have smaller testicles and less ejaculate than their brethren. More »
#madscience

Mosquitoes Have the Most Annoying Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom

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