Playing Dead

[dystopia]

Male spiders play dead for ****: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiology****spideroffbeat;_ylt=Am2XQsGj06xyjLoU5PpmJ1XtiBIF

PARIS (AFP) - Advice on how to score with the ladies would probably never include the strategy that works best for at least one species of male spider: playing dead.
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All the males sought to attract partners by offering a gift of food, held in the mouth.

But the ones that lay flat and motionless -- even if meant getting dragged about by a female that had latched onto the victuals -- wound up in a much better position, as it were, to engage in ****ual activity.

The hapless males that tried the direct approach wound up keeping the free meal but not getting what they were really after.

Males that played dead were also allowed to copulate longer than males that did not, ensuring more eggs could fertilized, the researchers reported.
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[twoiron]

Male spiders play dead for ****: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/sciencebiology****spideroffbeat;_ylt=Am2XQsGj06xyjLoU5PpmJ1XtiBIF

PARIS (AFP) - Advice on how to score with the ladies would probably never include the strategy that works best for at least one species of male spider: playing dead.
...
...
All the males sought to attract partners by offering a gift of food, held in the mouth.

But the ones that lay flat and motionless -- even if meant getting dragged about by a female that had latched onto the victuals -- wound up in a much better position, as it were, to engage in ****ual activity.

The hapless males that tried the direct approach wound up keeping the free meal but not getting what they were really after.

Males that played dead were also allowed to copulate longer than males that did not, ensuring more eggs could fertilized, the researchers reported.
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I think there's something in that for all of us. 

peter.parker.surrenders

[Jules]

All twoiron has to do, is stand outside a building with a cigarette hanging outside his mouth.

[twoiron]

All twoiron has to do, is stand outside a building with a cigarette hanging outside his mouth.

[Jules]

Twoiron dosent have to deal with this playing dead nonsense.

[stroh]

In a somewhat ironic twist, whenever I mention ****, my wife plays dead.

[gleek]

In a somewhat ironic twist, whenever I mention ****, my wife plays dead.

Just cover her up when you're finished.