Oral sex with bats? Roller Coasters cure Asthma???

[robbalvey]

Someone sent me this amazing article:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/01/ig-nobel-awards-mould-bats

 

Here are my personal favorite highlights:

 

Biology prize

A description of the sexual antics of the short-nosed fruit bat earned the award for Gareth Jones at Bristol University and collaborators in China. The team showed that females who performed oral sex on their mates copulated for longer. "It is the first documented case of fellatio by adult animals other than humans to my knowledge, and opens questions about whether female animals can manipulate males via sexual activity, perhaps in this case to improve their chances of successful fertilisation," Jones told the Guardian. He planned to demonstrate the behaviour at the ceremony using puppets.

 

Writing about the research for the Huffington Post last year, the primatologist Frans de Waal said: "The fellatio story on bats is a bright spot in an otherwise miserable record that denies animals the pleasure principle, homosexuality, and other forms of non-reproductive sex."

 

Medicine prize

Psychologists Simon Rietveld and Ilja van Beest at the University of Amsterdam share the award for discovering that breathing difficulties brought on by asthma can be alleviated by repeated rollercoaster rides.

 

Peace prize

Awarded to psychologist Richard Stephens and others at Keele University for confirming that swearing relieves pain. Stephens, who began the study after striking his thumb with a hammer, found volunteers could tolerate more pain if they repeated swearwords rather than neutral words. He suspects that "swearing induces a fight-or-flight response and nullifies the link between fear of pain and pain perception".

 

The entire article is equally as amazing!

 

--Robb

Edited October 1, 2010 by robbalvey

[fatdaddy]

First off, who hasn't seen a dog giving itself or other dogs oral stimulation and/or performing homosexual acts, dogs have no shame. So I don't understand the attention given to the bat porn.

 

Secondly, I will have to move closer to a theme park, so when my son has a asthma attack a can throw him on a coaster. I would assume if he had an attack at school I could pick him up and quickly take him to Six Flags.

[ernierocker]

Looks like I need to ride a roller coaster before I run to help with my breathing. I guess the closest one is at that Zuma Fun Center

[TPDave]

Someone sent me this amazing article:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/01/ig-nobel-awards-mould-bats

 

Here are my personal favorite highlights:

 

Biology prize

A description of the sexual antics of the short-nosed fruit bat earned the award for Gareth Jones at Bristol University and collaborators in China. The team showed that females who performed oral sex on their mates copulated for longer. "It is the first documented case of fellatio by adult animals other than humans to my knowledge, and opens questions about whether female animals can manipulate males via sexual activity, perhaps in this case to improve their chances of successful fertilisation," Jones told the Guardian. He planned to demonstrate the behaviour at the ceremony using puppets.

 

Bristol University represent!!

 

Dave

[robbalvey]

I really want to see the guys puppet show!

[SharkTums]

^I'm pretty sure Tyler could do his own version of this puppet show!

[mcjaco]

Oral sex with bats. F@<% YEAH!

[disneymoc]

I actually heard this on the radio this morning. The first person I thought of getting a kick of it was was actually you, Robb. I am so not surprised you posted it.

[vrf19977]

Britain scares me.