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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:33 PM
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Female toads inflate to avoid sex
Edited on Wed Jan-06-10 06:35 PM by kpete
Female toads inflate to avoid sex
Cane toads (Ben Phillips)
Male toads grasp any female that comes within reach


When it comes to choosing a mate, female toads may have more control than previously thought, say scientists.

A report in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal describes how a female cane toad inflates its body to prevent an amorous male from mating with it.

This makes it difficult for the male toad to "hold on".

Male toads often wrestle with each other in an effort to grasp a mate. By inflating, a female can influence the outcome of such a competition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8443771.stm
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:34 PM
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1. Not tonight, I'm three times my normal size.
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:37 PM
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4. lawlz
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:38 PM
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6. Love your sig pic.
:thumbsup:
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:01 PM
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16. you a shogun fan?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:04 PM
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17. I think he's cool.
I watch some UFC. I watch when I can. I usually work most Saturday nights when the specials are on, btu I try and catch it when I can.
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:12 PM
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20. Right on
Not a lot of MMA fans around these parts. In fact, Wetzelbill is the only other DU'er I know who follows it.

Come UFC's next card you'll have to stop by the sports forum and BS with us :D
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:35 PM
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2. Female selection from available males is a standard part of evolution. N/T
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:36 PM
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3. So THAT'S where the term "blow up like a toad" comes from...
I always wondered. I think I heard it first from my Great-Grandfather. He was describing someone pouting about something...
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Land Shark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:37 PM
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5. Where's the followup story about the most obese states in the union? and...

if everyone gains weight, will that protect us from corporate insurance mandates?
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:39 PM
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7. that SO reminds me of an old girlfriend....
:hide:
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:40 PM
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8. That would do it.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:40 PM
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9. That would do it.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:45 PM
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10. Just like..
... some wives.
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corpseratemedia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:47 PM
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11. "Male toads grasp any female that comes within reach"
of course they do:P
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:47 PM
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12. Some women do that after marriage. Mine didn't.
Don't get defensive here. There's a VERY old cartoon of a woman in a wedding dress throwing the bouquet and yelling "GOOD BYE DIETING!" My grandmother showed it to me and thought it was hilarious. She also had a cartoon of two old women at the beach, one in a single-piece and the other in a bikini with her tits hanging down to her belly button saying, "So I said 'what the hell' and got out the old bikini."
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:06 PM
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18. ya, and some husbands gain more than those some women. mine didnt. nt
Edited on Wed Jan-06-10 07:07 PM by seabeyond
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 10:19 AM
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25. Yeah, well that would be me.
I'm not "fat", but definitely heavier than when I got married.
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tonysam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:48 PM
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13. I can't blame them.
After all, how many princes does one have to kiss in order to finally get a toad?
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:57 PM
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14. Female kahuna, has been known to do that too.
:shrug:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 06:58 PM
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15. i knew it!
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Socal31 Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:07 PM
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19. Nothing that a little beer cant solve.
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markbark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:20 PM
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21. Hmmmm
Female toads inflate to avoid sex.
Can we insert a freeper joke about how the only way they can GET sex is with inflatable women?

--MAB
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:24 PM
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22. I Hate When That Happens
n/t
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:24 PM
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23. So does this explain why many women pack it on
once they get married? Well I guess the same thing usually happens to men.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-06-10 07:27 PM
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24. Behold the power of sexual selection.....


Yet, another great insight from Darwin.
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