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quadz · « **Reply #1305 on:** May 01, 2007, 09:31:02 PM »

Evolution and Reproductive Choice: A Study in Duck Penises

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-05-01T152608Z_01_N30464421_RTRUKOC_0_US-DUCKS-GENITALS.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #1306 on:** May 02, 2007, 01:02:35 PM »

apparently, God thinks ducks should have very funny looking penises.

His will is undoubtedly incomprehensible.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #1307 on:** May 02, 2007, 01:03:32 PM »

Ewwwww gross Quadz!

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #1308 on:** May 02, 2007, 01:08:54 PM »

WARNING!

The following link contains an actual picture of the avian reproductive organs in the post above.
Needless to say, this will offend someone. If you can't look at a pecker without freaking out, don't click it.

http://www.livescience.com/aol/070430_duckgenital_evolution.html

reaper · « **Reply #1309 on:** May 02, 2007, 02:15:05 PM »

that's fuck up, why you linking to quadz balls

DaHanG · « **Reply #1310 on:** May 02, 2007, 02:18:52 PM »

quadz · « **Reply #1311 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:15:20 PM »

Quote from: reaper on May 02, 2007, 02:15:05 PM

that's fuck up, why you linking to quadz balls

http://tastyspleen.net/~quake2/baseq2/sound/xquake/sein_gshrink.wav

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #1312 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:23:59 PM »

the thing that drew my interest the most about this article was the implication that evolved traits don't necessarily have to be ones that cause an individual duck to be more desireable to other ducks, or cause the duck to have a distinct survival advantage in order to be passed on and deemed "useful" by the process of natural selection.

In this case the trait happens to be complicated vaginal design that allows the female duck complete control over which male duck fathers her offspring.. (male ducks often gangrape a female during mating season regardless of wether they are desireable fathers)

It doesn't make the female duck look better, or survive more effectively, but it does give them an advantage when it comes to choosing who to combine their genes with in order to make the most effective offspring that they can.

It's kinda a secondary benefit that only affects the following generation in terms of "survival" ability.
(female ducks tend to choose the biggest strongest male in order to maximize their offspring's survival ability, and gangrape by less qualified suitors would produce less effective offspring in any duck without this vaginal design)

reaper · « **Reply #1313 on:** May 02, 2007, 06:33:48 PM »

very heartwarming whirling : )

Arm0r · « **Reply #1314 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:30:01 AM »

Global Warming Is BOGUS!...

If this video holds any water

If you have a little bit of time on your hands it's a very interesting watch.

http://www.roverradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1919&Itemid=72

metaL · « **Reply #1315 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:24:02 AM »

ok, back to duck penises.. this is hilarious because haunted and i lived on a creek growing up and about 20 ducks used to come by all the time and we ended up feeding them, they were basically our pets for a while when we were little.. i'm glad the article quadz posted listed them as an exception to the monagamy, since we had this one dude name quackers that would just PWN females all day, when not even in mating season... and the funny thing is, after he fucked a bitch on land, he'd run off dragging his footlong (nojoke) penis behind

[BTF]EyEsTrAiN · « **Reply #1316 on:** May 03, 2007, 10:52:21 AM »

http://bbs.shii.org/bb/files/top100.htm

After reading none of this obscenely long thread, I have to say, these people scare me....

metaL · « **Reply #1317 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:19:04 AM »

"No, everyone is born Christian. Only later in life do people choose to stray from Jesus and worship satan instead. Atheists have the greatest "cover" of all, they insist they believe in no god yet most polls done and the latest research indicates that they are actually a different sect of Muslims."

wow, this guy just totally nade clowned himself.

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #1318 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:00:09 PM »

It almost hurt to read some of those.
I started counting off every instance of faulty logic in the arguments they presented and I ran out of digits in the first 2 posts...

jägermonsta · « **Reply #1319 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:37:49 PM »

rofl @ #6

this is great

should submit some of reapers posts

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