A threat to the human species:

Never, EVER, mix the genes of humans and rats:

Published on May 19, 2004 By notsohighlyevolved In Personal Relationships

I have just learned a very interesting tidbit about the reproductive biology of rats.

The male rat, unlike the human rat, sorry, the human male, serves two purposes when copulating with those fabulously sexy females the rat species has going on.

The act of copulation both makes a present of his sperm and stimulates the necessary "bits" within the female to poduce the hormonal secretions necessary to fertelize the eggs, and therefore propagate the numbers challenged rat species.

The interesting part in all this is what some of you might have been very quick to pick up on - if the male rat prematurely ejaculates the whole gig is up. No fertilisation, hence no little baby rats to give all those cities their raging rodent nightlives.

All i can say is that thank Christ all mighty that the human rat, sorry, human male is not counted on to prime the hormonal secretions of anything.

Who would need nukes if that scenario were ever to turn into a reality?

Note to scientists: In the name of all that is holy - keep the genetic materials of humans and rats well seperated. Which of you would want to make an already appalling situation (right ladies?) any f**cking worse.

Comments

Cann1bal

on May 19, 2004

Hey wasnt there a rat dude on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I wonder why there is only one of them... and dont blame the ooze thats my job.

ADIOS!!

kingbee

on May 19, 2004

adds a whole new layer of meaning to that observation about the best laid plans of mice and men.

rat on bro!

Sally jacobs

on May 20, 2004

Hehe, you learn something new everyday! So there actually is a difference between rats and men, amazing!

notsohighlyevolved

on May 20, 2004

Sally - I was amazed as well. The difference seems to be so miniscule though.

I'm wondering - does this make me a traitor to my gender? If a crime, what's the punishment?

Marco XX

kingbee

on May 20, 2004

i dunno. if youre a credit to your gender you getta nod from warren zevon and/or linda ronstadt in poor pitiful me

mignuna

on May 20, 2004

without making too big a deal of my concern over how you found yourself there ... studying that ... may i just say that female rats lacking the cognitive processes required to ask "will you respect me in the morning?" ... or even to care for that matter may have more to do with the reproductive success of the rat than we realise.

oh, for a frontal lobe lobotomy ....

well done again, clever-trousers.

mig XX

notsohighlyevolved

on May 20, 2004

Let it be known that a female rat not in estrus will rip a male rat apart limb from limb.

Ohhh, Hold on. Human females do that as well. I was a bit fuzzy on trans-species biology for a sec.

Maybe the differences aren't so great

I do wish that human females would learn the wiggling of the ears as a come on. It would be of great help at night clubs and other such establishments that we are inconsiderate enough to include in a cities repertoire of culture.

Marco XX

notsohighlyevolved

on May 20, 2004

By the way i do not object to the use of the word clever, but trousers on the other hand...i'm not that old!

Off to watch In the Cut.

Meg Ryan

Yummy.

mignuna

on May 20, 2004

no problem.

clever-sticks

mig XX

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