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You were red
And you liked me because I was blue
But you touched me, and suddenly I was a lilac sky
Then you decided purple just wasn't for you
originally posted by: Mousygretchen
a reply to: BigBrotherDarkness
Okay. I hope you don't mean anything by that because I honestly don't understand it.
Araneids species either mate at the central hub of the web, where the male slowly traverses the web, trying not to get eaten, and when reaching the hub, mounts the female; or the male constructs a mating thread inside or outside the web to attract the female via vibratory courtship, and if successful, mating occurs on the thread.[13]
In the cannibalistic and polyandrous orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi, the much smaller males are attacked during their first copulation and are cannibalized in up to 80% of the cases.[14] All surviving males die after their second copulation, a pattern observed on other Argiope species. Whether a male survives his first copulation depends on the duration of the genital contact: males that jump off early (before 5 seconds) have a chance of surviving, while males that copulate longer (greater than 10 seconds) invariably die. Prolonged copulation, although associated with cannibalism, enhances sperm transfer and relative paternity.[14]
It was observed that when males mated with a non-sibling female, the duration of their copulation was prolonged, and consequently the males were cannibalized more frequently.[15] When males mated with a sibling female, they copulated briefly, and thus were more likely to escape cannibalism. By escaping, their chance of mating again with a non-kin female likely would be increased. These observations suggest that males can adaptively adjust their investment based on the degree of genetic relatedness of the female in order to avoid inbreeding depression.
originally posted by: Peeple
What you say. Guess what, the last time I had intercourse was 2013, and hey just noticed almost to the day, September 21. So much for free "love" I think that's just for hormonal zombies during their experimental phase. So again: Yes, to what you say.
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: BigBrotherDarkness
You sound like you've been eaten by a praying mantis? Besides that there just are a few to sensitive for the game we made out of human interaction. Nothing to hunt nothing to collect so we turn on eachother.
I just don't like that at all and honestly most confuse bonding issues with fear of loss of control. I have commitment problems.