You are 100% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 28% Arrogant.
You are the Spiteful Loner, the personality type that is most likely to go on a shooting rampage. In high school, you were probably that kid who wore all black and who sat alone in a corner of the lunch room (not true), drawing [...]
Entries from July 2007
a shooting rampage in my future??
July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Finally an answer to the age old question: Why Humans Have Sex
July 18th, 2007 · No Comments
From a study of 2000 sexually active humans- the verdict is in, we have sex for many, many (mostly stupid) reasons.. The work was published in the No Shit Sherlock Journal of Sexual Behaviour. This might be the latest waste of paper coming from Evol. Psych, But I’ll let you decide. Interestingly, the paper [...]
Tags: Behavioral Ecology · sex
Trans-species Polymorphism in Bathyergid Rodents
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: MHC · evolution · rodent
Research Update
July 17th, 2007 · 7 Comments
It’s been along time since I did a research update- so for the one or two of you that care- here are the highlights (and lowlights)….
Field WorkField Work is largely on hold until the fall rains (that is- assuming it rains). Right now, it is 110F and dry as hell.. The populations sizes [...]
Tags: Peromyscus · field work · genetics
Sexism is NOT funny
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
But this is freaking hilarious…
“how to get mauled by a feminist gang“
Tags: funny
Potato Porn: NSFW (unless in Idaho)
July 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Here is the warning from the Site itself: www.PotatoFetish.com
This site contains explicit potato (Solanum tuberosum) oriented adult material intended for individuals 18 years of age or older (14 years of age in Idaho) and of legal age to view tuber-themed material as determined by the local and national laws [...]
Impotence in Drosophila caused by ectoparasite infection
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
There is a new paper out in Behavioral Ecology by Polak, Luong, and Starmer that I wanted to draw peoples attention to: Parasites physically block host copulation: a potent mechanism of parasite-mediated sexual selection
Research on the role of parasites in sexual selection has focused mainly on host mate choice favoring relatively unparasitized [...]
Tags: Behavioral Ecology · evolution · sex
Kin Recognition?
July 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Thanks Anne Marie
Tags: Behavioral Ecology · biology · birds
Run From the Flying Leeches!
July 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment
As the sign says: Run quickly from the flying leeches (or maybe they are liver flukes??)Sign From TreeHugger
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From Binghamton- The Hiding Alarm Clock
July 14th, 2007 · No Comments
I arrived after midnight to the sleeping Binghamton Airport (NY). The US Air flight from Philadelphia was delayed almost 30 minutes for “several fliers from the international terminal”. Go figure, since when do flights wait…
Anyway, one of the stupedist things about flying are those stupid “Sky Mall” magazines they give you.. I found [...]
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