..the original experiment about the female praying mantis ripping it's mate's head off has never been reproduced, and since the behaviour has never been observed in the wild, it is theorized that it was stress-induced. I'll leave the extrapolations to you! :)
Patrick At 02:24 PM 22/11/2001 -0500, you wrote: >"Polar bears are left-handed" - Umm, how do they know? > >Maybe that is why I still haven't caught my polar bear. Maybe I put the peas >down wrong or used the wrong kind.... > >Erin > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Philip Arnold - ASP >To: CF-Community >Sent: 11/22/2001 10:05 AM >Subject: Old list of useless trivia > >If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 >days you would have produced enough sound >energy to heat one cup of coffee > >If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 >months, enough gas is produced to create the >energy of an atomic bomb > >The human heart creates enough pressure when it >pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet > >A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. > >A cockroach will live nine days without its >head before it starves to death. > >Banging your head against a wall uses 150 >calories an hour. > >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. > >The flea can jump 350 times its body length. >It's like a human jumping the length of a football >field. > >The catfish has over 27, 000 taste buds. > >Some lions mate over 50 times a day. > >Butterflies taste with their feet. > >The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. > >Right-handed people live, on average, nine >years longer than left-handed people do. > >Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump. > >A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. > >An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. > >Starfish have no brains. > >Polar bears are left-handed. > >Humans and dolphins are the only species that >have sex for pleasure. > > >Philip "Piggy" Arnold >Piggy Director >Certified ColdFusion Developer >ASPiggy Multimedia Limited >T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > >"Websites for the real world" > >********************************************************************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >the system manager. >********************************************************************** > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
