Pass me a beer dude ...

[paleotheist]

Apparently drowning one's romantic woes in alcohol is a trait we all share.  No, no, not with one another, not with our fellow brothers and sisters in arms (after all, love really is a battlefield sometimes).  This is a trait we share with fruit flies.  At least, that is, according to the latest issue of Science magazine.  I just read an awesome

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[examorata]

Hee!

[p_sunshine]

lol!

[kittenscribble]

What a fantastic review of drosophila facts. And personally I'm with you on the anthropomorphization. It makes science fun!

(Or view the courtship/capitulation ratio in terms of lifespan: If a fruit fly lives about a month and my quickie calculations are correct, then the human equivalent of the sex act should last at least a week, given an 80-year lifespan. Sounds exhausting. I'd want a drink too.)

[paleotheist]

I believe fruit flies only live about two weeks. That makes this even more disturbing!