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Yes. Animals have no concept of incest. And if the mother is nearest available mate, she'll do.
And now, for a couple of my favourite quotes from the mighty Preacher:
"After centuries of inbreeding, we're lucky the b******* doesn't have antennae."
"son of man or son of God, you can't f*** your sister and expect much of good of it."
And now, for a couple of my favourite quotes from the mighty Preacher:
"After centuries of inbreeding, we're lucky the b******* doesn't have antennae."
"son of man or son of God, you can't f*** your sister and expect much of good of it."
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Again, you're thinking from a purely human perspective. We have shrugged off the wild for shirts, ties, tax avoidance and shoes. Also cutlery and a worrying lack of interest in trying to save our world before its too f***ked to support any life.
"Is it ok?" Is not the right question. Besides which, you've already answered it:
for survival.
If there's nothing else around, what are you going to do as a bear or spider? You can't be all Bear Ghrylls and bob back to your hotel.
"Is it ok?" Is not the right question. Besides which, you've already answered it:
for survival.
If there's nothing else around, what are you going to do as a bear or spider? You can't be all Bear Ghrylls and bob back to your hotel.
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Isn't that more a practical thing, though? At that point they've become a danger. The same has been done with bears that start eating human garbage, due to the fact that that means they lose their fear of people and seek them out.
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I'm not sure where you got the "animals are for practical purposes" from, unless you've misinterpreted what I said.
Perhaps "practical" was the wrong word, anyway. Precautionary. Even then, there are exceptions (ie Tilikum has killed three people).
Perhaps "practical" was the wrong word, anyway. Precautionary. Even then, there are exceptions (ie Tilikum has killed three people).
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Why is this wrong?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... aling.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... aling.html
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dura wrote:Female mantises bite off the head of the male during mating. Why?
Well, that's women for you.
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Even After Mating, the Female can Toss Your Genetic Code to the Wind
Female crickets can hold onto the sperm from multiple male partners. Imagine your hypothetical mate keeping the genetic information from their last nine partners along with them at all times, and then deciding to pick some genes from ten years ago to spawn her child? That's insane. Seriously, I question my sanity for writing that line. Back to crickets. The female cricket, settling down after a polyamorous run about, then chooses which sperm to use to create a future generation of crickets. The amount of sperm stored by the female can be changed by movements in their abdominal muscles, with the goal of storage being to diversify the population by selecting for unrelated crickets. Female crickets, however, will still gladly mate with related crickets.
Female crickets can hold onto the sperm from multiple male partners. Imagine your hypothetical mate keeping the genetic information from their last nine partners along with them at all times, and then deciding to pick some genes from ten years ago to spawn her child? That's insane. Seriously, I question my sanity for writing that line. Back to crickets. The female cricket, settling down after a polyamorous run about, then chooses which sperm to use to create a future generation of crickets. The amount of sperm stored by the female can be changed by movements in their abdominal muscles, with the goal of storage being to diversify the population by selecting for unrelated crickets. Female crickets, however, will still gladly mate with related crickets.