ScienceDaily News Release: Role Reversal: Male Gets Easy Ride In Insect Courtship As a male, how does free transport, free food and, as a bonus for your hard work, unlimited sex with your chosen female partner sound? Since my last post was about males, sex, and dying, I thought this post was an apt followup. Have you ever met a couple and thought, "what does she see in him, he's such a freeloader?" If you're a water bug, the chances in meeting these couples are high. Instead of being able to get busy just once in life, it appears that the male Zeus water bug (Phoreticovelia disparata) gets unlimited sex and a lot more. Who'da thunk that the mating habits of insects were so similar to humans?
Posted by johnvu at July 30, 2003 05:32 PM