http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1350 Cichlid Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:36:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1350 "displaying the notorious fish intelligence" Clearly the writer has never kept any form of cichlid. While the common goldfish is rather.... dim the Cichlids are closer to dogs in intelligence. The can tell the difference in two women who look near enough alike to fool most people, they can problem solve, they can alter their environment to better suit their needs, the are able to work together in a team to achieve a common goal. Heck I've known people who weren't as smart as these fish. If you look at the whole story here the egg spot is brilliant. The females lays her eggs on a rock, the males then slides in among the eggs so that as she is picking them up (to protect them from the millions of predators that would gladly have caviar for lunch) she will grab at the egg spot. Only the better blood lines of males have convincing egg spots therefore only the better lines of males are likely to successfully match sperm to egg. If you ever get the chance to watch this fascinating breeding process you'll see quickly that the female isn't lacking in intelligence the male is just a very very good pretender. “displaying the notorious fish intelligence” Clearly the writer has never kept any form of cichlid. While the common goldfish is rather…. dim the Cichlids are closer to dogs in intelligence. The can tell the difference in two women who look near enough alike to fool most people, they can problem solve, they can alter their environment to better suit their needs, the are able to work together in a team to achieve a common goal. Heck I’ve known people who weren’t as smart as these fish. If you look at the whole story here the egg spot is brilliant. The females lays her eggs on a rock, the males then slides in among the eggs so that as she is picking them up (to protect them from the millions of predators that would gladly have caviar for lunch) she will grab at the egg spot. Only the better blood lines of males have convincing egg spots therefore only the better lines of males are likely to successfully match sperm to egg. If you ever get the chance to watch this fascinating breeding process you’ll see quickly that the female isn’t lacking in intelligence the male is just a very very good pretender.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1349 Sonny Lykos Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:05:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1349 Not necessarily. Who knows how many of Billl's....er....eh.... victims, have had multiple abortions. Not necessarily. Who knows how many of Billl’s….er….eh…. victims, have had multiple abortions.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1348 Anonymous User Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:31:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1348 Bill Clinton would certainly dispute these findings. Bill Clinton would certainly dispute these findings.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1347 Anonymous User Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:05:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2007/11/16/bizarro-animal-sex-story-of-the-day/#comment-1347 conception by oral sex? as if the kids didn't have enough to worry about! conception by oral sex? as if the kids didn’t have enough to worry about!

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