The Birds and the Bees (which is awful comparison since their methods of reproduction are entirely different than ours)

This article isn't really that interesting (ok, maybe a little bit) but it reminded me of my ecology class today. Here's the link: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/08/extinct-invertebrate.html

This isn't really about technology at all, but as I'm sure you've all figured out by now, I don't have much interest in technology anyway. I'm a fan of biology and other things like that.

Anyway, so in ecology today we were talking about intraspecific communication, which of course involves mating, and we were discussing different forms of internal fertilization. (I hope this doesn't make anyone uncomfortable...reproducing is a fact of life and there's really nothing to be embarrassed about.) Apparently male bed bugs and some male parasitic worms just have these spikes that they stab the female's body wall with because she doesn't have a genital opening. Then, they just insert the sperm that way. Kind of violent, yeah? Oh and they can also stab other males with these things and inject a cement-like substance that breaks down their reproductive system. That's some serious male-to-male competition.

That was probably the most interesting example we talked about in class. I won't get into the spiders and salamanders...then you really will be uncomfortable. I'll leave you with a joke:

A duck walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "So, what'll it be?" The duck doesn't say anything...because it's a duck.

Yes, I have an odd sense of humor. Deal with it.