[Hyack]

It kind of makes you wonder how they hop with those things.

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U.K. researchers have determined the bushcricket is the animal with the largest testicles in relation to its body weight.

The species of grasshopper's testicles make up 14% of its body weight, researchers at the University of Derby have found.

However, the study also discovered they produce less sperm than those with regular-sized testicles.

"We couldn't believe the size of these organs," lead researcher Dr. Karim Vahed said. "They seemed to fill the entire abdomen."

In comparison, the testicles of a fruit fly make up 10.6% of its body weight.

Vahed said the "extra large testes" allow the male bushcricket to transfer relatively small ejaculates to a greater number of females. Female bushcrickets mate with up to 23 different males during their two-month adult life.

"Males don't put all their eggs --or rather sperm -- in one basket," Vahed said.

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[raydan]

Same percentage, my testicules would need to weight 12.6 pounds... each.

I'd need a bigger jock-strap.

[Yogi]

I wanna know who in the hell pays 'researchers' to find out such nonsense???

[wildrosegirl]

Yogi wrote:

I wanna know who in the hell pays 'researchers' to find out such nonsense???

I have been trying to figure that out ever since I read this compilation of freaky facts.


Did You Know...

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee .

(Hardly seems worth it.)


If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it!)


The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out
to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

(O.M.G.!)



A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)



A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)


Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

(Do not try this at home. maybe at work.)


The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")


The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

(30 minutes... lucky pig. can you imagine??)



The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)



Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)



Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Something I always wanted to know.)


The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmm........)


Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer
than left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)



Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

(OK, so that would be a good thing....)


A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)



An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that.)




Starfish have no brains.

(I know some people like that too.)




Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)



Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for
pleasure.

(What about that pig??)



Whatchya think of some of those tidbits?

Back to the grasshoppers... I think we should elect them in our government. We need some balls in there. Seems they're well suited for the positions.

[raydan]

I wanna come back as a cross between a pig, a lion and a dolphin.


Sex for pleasure, 50 times a day, 30 minute orgasms... under water!!!

[raydan]

Heh!!! Wait a minute!!!

50 times a day... 30 minute orgasms... that's 25 hours!!!



I'm fucked!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yogi]

raydan wrote:

Heh!!! Wait a minute!!!

50 times a day... 30 minute orgasms... that's 25 hours!!!



I'm fucked!!!!!!!!!!!

You wish!

[Yogi]

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)



I've put a bit of thought in to this one. No way it's worth the trade-off!

I mean, think about this for a moment; Tonite yur cumming for 1/2 hr; In the morning, you're chopped up and served up along side a couple of eggs and toast. I'll stick with quality over quantity!

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Hyack wrote:

Vahed said the "extra large testes" allow the male bushcricket to transfer relatively small ejaculates to a greater number of females. Female bushcrickets mate with up to 23 different males during their two-month adult life.

That's still less than my ex-wife over the same time frame