Fruit flies -- the tiny insects that swarm our kitchens over the summer months -- exhibit rational decision making when selecting mates, according to new research. Scientists observed different combinations of fruit flies mate about 2,700 times, and were surprised to discover that male flies almost always pick the female mate that would produce the most offspring. The study provides the first evidence that fruit flies are capable of making rational choices. (Science Daily: Tiny fruit flies use cold hard logic to select mates)
Fruit flies (stock image).
Credit: © Patricia Chumillas / Fotolia
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How can I even describe the wonder of knocking out these bugs with ether to study them under a microscope because those crinkled wings are a trait geneticists once followed with high interest, among many other bug things about them.
Lotho: why try?
Good point. Lotho knows the sheer exhilaration of lab joy ... but later he and Doc were trying to ferret out anything they could use as an additive for the racing fuel to make it more explosive.
Note: yes, happily and luckily, both are still living.
Frankly, we're not interested in the precise manner in which fruit flies choose the perfect mate but the article may provide some illumination toward resolving your libidinal laxity.
We do marvel in discovering, yes, there are scientists who study how flies fuck ... 2,700 times.
The only study more impressive than this one came from psychologists who used one-way glass to study bathroom habits in terms of whether people wash their hands after using the toilet.
Note: they found that typically people will not do it unless someone else is there but unknown if there was any difference between the sexes in this behavior.
Perhaps you may think either of those qualify for the Worst Job in the World but I have better than that.
There are people Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati sends to the Rumpke Mountain landfill to dig up Pampers to determine how well they are degrading.
That, I submit, is likely the worst job you can get which does not include getting shot, eaten by a bear, or being a TV pundit.
Fruit flies (stock image).
Credit: © Patricia Chumillas / Fotolia
- SD
How can I even describe the wonder of knocking out these bugs with ether to study them under a microscope because those crinkled wings are a trait geneticists once followed with high interest, among many other bug things about them.
Lotho: why try?
Good point. Lotho knows the sheer exhilaration of lab joy ... but later he and Doc were trying to ferret out anything they could use as an additive for the racing fuel to make it more explosive.
Note: yes, happily and luckily, both are still living.
Frankly, we're not interested in the precise manner in which fruit flies choose the perfect mate but the article may provide some illumination toward resolving your libidinal laxity.
We do marvel in discovering, yes, there are scientists who study how flies fuck ... 2,700 times.
The only study more impressive than this one came from psychologists who used one-way glass to study bathroom habits in terms of whether people wash their hands after using the toilet.
Note: they found that typically people will not do it unless someone else is there but unknown if there was any difference between the sexes in this behavior.
Perhaps you may think either of those qualify for the Worst Job in the World but I have better than that.
There are people Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati sends to the Rumpke Mountain landfill to dig up Pampers to determine how well they are degrading.
That, I submit, is likely the worst job you can get which does not include getting shot, eaten by a bear, or being a TV pundit.
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