From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 22:11:24 MDT
At 02:52 PM 9/28/01 +0200, Amara wrote:
>Austrailia's Great Barrier Reef:
>When it wants sex,
>it simply rears up and stabs its mate with its penis. Because it a
>hermaphroditic species, its mate has a penis too
>At first, the animals were unable to find each other and did
>nothing.
We've never been quick on the uptake, we Austrailians. But it's unjust to
say that we do *nothing* when unable to find each other. There's all kinds
of stuff you can stab.
>Michiels, who calls the
>behavior "brutally inefficient." The animals are left severely
>wounded, with prominent punctures."
What they failed to mention is the wasteful way the beer spurts right out
the puncture holes.
You want to stay away from the Mardi Gras in Sydney, for sure.
Damien Broderick
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