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04 May 2012 10:35 #85917
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Professor Locke Rowe from the University of Toronto suggested that the males have evolved their antennae
to perfectly match the contours of a female's head.
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04 May 2012 10:35 #85918
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They found that males used hook-like antennae
to pin down and restrain females and mate successfully. :

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04 May 2012 10:36 #85919
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Females of the water-skimming bugs are known to vigorously resist:
the advances of males d
eemed to be poor mates....
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04 May 2012 10:37 #85921
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So ,Pond skater males have evolved elaborate antennae due to :
sexual struggles with females,..... ::rofl::
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04 May 2012 10:46 #85928
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A colourised electron micrograph shows how male pond skaters' antennae (left) :
are far more specialised than females
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04 May 2012 12:37 #85965
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hahahaha !:
Methink he feels that the Human Male :
after withstanding Female resistance :
will get a more " specialised " Tingy ................ ::rofl::
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