Sexually Rejected Flies Turn To Booze 95
sciencehabit writes "Offer a male fruit fly a choice between food soaked in alcohol and its nonalcoholic equivalent, and his decision will depend on whether he's mated recently or been rejected by a female. Flies that have been given the cold shoulder are more likely to go for the booze, researchers have found. It's the first discovery, in fruit flies, of a social interaction that influences future behavior."
Was it unexpected? (Score:5, Funny)
I guess if I were a sexually-deprived fly I would be drinking too... just like I do as a sexually-deprived basement dweller
He's not drinking as compensation. (Score:5, Funny)
It's just to make the un-attractive fruit flies around look better.
There's a Reason (Score:5, Funny)
Time flies like an arrow... (Score:5, Funny)
Sexually Rejected 'FILES"? (Score:2, Funny)
Must be a Gnome3/Gnome Shell problem ;-)
An article not to be missed! (Score:5, Funny)
Uh... oh... hi honey! Oh no, I only read ScienceMag for the articles... !
And if that doesn't work... (Score:5, Funny)
...do the flies give up and turn to World of Warcraft?
Not surprising (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Was it unexpected? (Score:5, Funny)
In related news ... (Score:5, Funny)
I misread the title and was REALLY confused... (Score:4, Funny)
I read it as "Sexually Rejected Files Turn To Booze". I was completely confounded for a moment until I expanded the summary, and saw the words "male fruit fly", which I read correctly.
Bizarre.... I don't typically have dyslexic moments.
Re:There's a Reason (Score:5, Funny)
Speak for yourself. I have never needed alcohol in order to approach a female fly.
Re:An article not to be missed! (Score:3, Funny)
I gotta admit, I saw that *cough* fly girl in the middle with the wings of a moth and the back of a Bayonetta [flickr.com], and I was like "DAT ASS."
Stupid flies (Score:3, Funny)
New data, new hypothesis (Score:4, Funny)
There are over 75,000 alcohol related deaths per year in the U.S. alone. Is that enough to warrant some research?
Maybe a significant number of those deaths were actually sexual-rejection-related deaths after all. Mothers Against Sexual Rejection, anyone?
Re:Winos don't get laid often (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New data, new hypothesis (Score:2, Funny)
I prefer "mothers against kinetically endured lasting overly virulent embargos of sexually oriented obscene nature"
Commonly referred to as MAKE LOVE SOON ...