I used to do the cooking when Sue and I moved in together. These days, I am more or less barred from the kitchen, other than to fix broken appliances. Once she can afford a plumber I'll be redundant, I tell you! The big mistake was letting her into the secret of my flour improver and source of fresh yeast. Wonderful as her bread is, my power is gone! I'm considering a steam-oven in the shed, but she'd soon track down that new source of economic power. The Y chromosome has been getting smaller for eons. Time to get to the Iron John meetings before it's too late!
On 10 Jan, 02:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really my friend. The ant, Mycocepurus smithii, which reproduces > asexually is native to Central and South America and even though the > queens don't use sperm to fertilize their eggs, the ramifications are > extinction. Basically without males to diversify the genetic equation > the ants will eventually just produce mutant offspring rendering the > species dead in the water. Men are here to stay as the dominant, > alpha dog. Any catalyst that sets off a global calamity will set > women back 500 years if not more (opening up a hornets nest here?). > Besides, women love us!! > > On Jan 9, 6:51 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A species of ant now carries on without producing males. Males are > > pretty rare amongst social insects, but all others at least use them > > for fertilisation. This function has now gone in this species - an > > ant that nurtures fungus.
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