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Roll on your back to avoid sex (it's a serious science topic

Post by Faithfree » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:03 pm

An Aussie lizard that rolls on it's back and flashes its orange tummy to tell amorous males to fuck off. News story below.
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Re: Roll on your back to avoid sex (it's a serious science topic

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:14 pm

Oddly, when human females adopt that posture, it usually conveys the opposite meaning! :hehe:
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Re: Roll on your back to avoid sex (it's a serious science topic

Post by FBM » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:21 pm

:drool: Them's some hawt inguinal folds if I ever saw any!
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Re: Roll on your back to avoid sex (it's a serious science topic

Post by Faithfree » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:27 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Oddly, when human females adopt that posture, it usually conveys the opposite meaning! :hehe:
Indeed, many an amorous human male has spent all night buying very expensive fancy cocktails hoping to induce just such a posture, with or without the orange belly. It's interesting to see how different species do things so very differently.
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