Comments on: Rough Beetle Sex.

By: Vanessa is uber cool!

Vanessa is uber cool! — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:07:54 +0000

That is fucking ugly!

By: Gellner

Gellner — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:04:32 +0000

For more information on this, look up "the red queen". Matt Ridley wrote a fantastic book of the same title, which attempts to explain the phenomenon of Y and X chromosomes "competing" against each other.

By: Darwin

Darwin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:58:05 +0000

The reason why it's useful on an evolutionary scale is that it impregnates the female and destroys any possibility that another male will be able to impregnate her later. Thus, only the first male beetle's genes will be passed on. Nasty stuff, really.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:20:28 +0000

*cringe* Owie...owie...owie...owie...

--TwoDragons

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:01:17 +0000

From Neatorama's own 30 Strangest Animal Mating Habits: Hereâ€™s chivalry for you: the male bedbugs donâ€™t even bother with the femaleâ€™s sex organs. Instead, a male bedbug uses its scimitar-like sexual organ to impale the female bedbugâ€™s body and deposit his sperm! Scientists even have a cute name for this sort of thing: "traumatic insemination." Ouch!

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:15:36 +0000

I can't believe this would be useful on any evolutionary scale, then again, it might be just something beetles think are kinky.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:03:22 +0000

I thought those were invented by the French! :p