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“The way the squid mate is something else. Little is known about the details but...”
– Amorous Squid Seeks Partner: Any Sex Will Do, New York Times. I missed this when @CoveringDelta tweeted it last month, so I’m ashamed I let the term “rocket sperm” go unnoticed for so long.
September 2011
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Watchmany species have evolved beyond heterosexual reproduction (or never even needed it to begin with). i love isabella’s approach to explaining this fact, because it also emphasizes our need to question what we may consider to be truths about the natural world.
hemophobia:
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
Questioning Noah’s Ark
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August 2011
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squeela:
me: Hey, do you know how birds have sex?
Matt: Uhhh… no.
me: Do they mount each other?
Matt: I don’t know. Do they do it in the air?
me: Should we look it up?
Matt: No, it’s better not knowing like this.
Is this my cue?
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A...singing...penis. →
Not the traditional type of singing, with vocal cords and such, but impressive nonetheless. This itty-bitty water insect produces the loudest noise relative to its size by rubbing its penis against its abdomen, in order to attract a mate. To be fair, if you can sing from rubbing your own penis I highly doubt you need a mate.
But I am no expert on aquatic insects! I encourage you to click through...
July 2011
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June 2011
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I too prefer Isabella’s puppet shows over slimy real life, but that still is fascinating to look at. As silly as Green Porno is, you can’t deny its accuracy!
brilliantcreature:
this is a still from “microcosmos,” a film about insects’ lives made with special microscopic cameras.
here you see two snails doing it. this is the sort of stuff i watch at work. there’s really no...
May 2011
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He's caressing my eyebrows....Is he seducing...
i don’t know what’s going on here, but i approve.
“Octopuses, for the most part, are solitary creatures and sex happens with little...”
– A little more detail on octopus sex from an excerpt of Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime in Wired. Click through for more on cephalopods, featuring this fantastic note on the male nautilus: “They will apparently approach and try to have sex with just about anything that appears nautilus-like.”
April 2011
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March 2011
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The mating call of the male koala →
Click through to listen, or if you can’t, use your imagination:
One study describes the koala’s grunting as “a long series of deep, snoring inhalations and belching exhalations.” Indeed.
Scienceline goes on to say that the males usually do the bellowing and the females judge their mating options on the depth, frequency,and length of the bellows (as opposed to, y’know…other...
February 2011
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WatchI’m a sucker for puns. And mating deer.
klassylife:
Oh deer, Isabella Rossellini!
