Did You Know?

[Anileve]

Did you know that dolphins sleep with only a half of their brain? Dolphins are conscious breathers, which means they actually decide when to breathe. When dolphins fall asleep only half of their brain shuts down while the other one stays awake and functioning, every time this is alternated, one half of the brain sleep at a time. In this way, the animal is never completely unconscious, but still gets the rest it needs.

 

Why weren’t humans blessed with such an amazing ability? Then we would never lose time, our lives would seem so much longer.

[sev-mard]

Hmmm, hetakrikir. But I think being unconsious from time to time isn't a bad thing. I don't much sleep nowadays anyway so I always feel like I am conscious.

 

But as for "extending" Life, is being half conscious and half-sleep any fun? Especially under water?

[DominO123]

Did you know that dolphins sleep with only a half of their brain? Dolphins are conscious breathers, which means they actually decide when to breathe. When dolphins fall asleep only half of their brain shuts down while the other one stays awake and functioning, every time this is alternated, one half of the brain sleep at a time. In this way, the animal is never completely unconscious, but still gets the rest it needs.

 

Why weren’t humans blessed with such an amazing ability? Then we would never lose time, our lives would seem so much longer.

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Actually, there is a way for some humans to not loose compleat consciousness on phase I and a part of phase two sleep, as well as paradoxal sleep... which leave those humans only unconscious on the second part of phase II, phase III-IV... the problem being that we pass the majority of our sleep on Phase III-IV.

Edited September 24, 2004 by Fadix

[Anileve]

Actually, there is a way for some humans to not loose compleat consciousness on phase I and a part of phase two sleep, as well as paradoxal sleep... which leave those humans only unconscious on the second part of phase II, phase III-IV... the problem being that we pass the majority of our sleep on Phase III-IV. 

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First I will have to translate it to a human language and then I can comment.

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Lions court for several days, during which the female and male stay close to each other. When she is ready, the female adopts the mating position, her belly pressed to the ground and tail to one side. The male mounts her, gripping the skin on the back of her neck with his teeth.

 

After they mate, the female often hits and hisses at the male, perhaps ensuring that his neck bite remains only a love bite. The couple may mate hundreds of times over several days, but afterward, when they return to the pride, they show no special interest in each other.

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Speaking of rogh riders...

 

Male cats have barbs on their genitals, which cause the females to cry out in pain on withdrawal.

Edited September 27, 2004 by anileve

[Anileve]

This is absolutely amazing. "Virgin Ants in a nuptual flight," that sounds like a title of a Blockbuster flick.

 

Most all ants mate in one of two ways. The first is known as the male-aggregation syndrome. At a time usually triggered by environmental events such as a large rainfall, the males and unfertilized queens, which have been patiently waiting underground, suddenly take to the air and swarm in what is commonly called the nuptial flight. This swarming often appears as a column of flying ants rising off the ground. The queen is usually inseminated in mid-air and then flies off to a locale where she breaks off her wings and begins to dig a hole either in the ground or in plant material, which will become her nest. She lays her eggs and remains with them until they hatch, living off of her own body reserves. Eventually they will hatch and become the first of her workers that will take care of her and the colony as it increases in size and numbers.

[Stormig]

First I will have to translate it to a human language and then I can comment. 

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Lions court for several days, during which the female and male stay close to each other. When she is ready, the female adopts the mating position, her belly pressed to the ground and tail to one side. The male mounts her, gripping the skin on the back of her neck with his teeth.

 

After they mate, the female often hits and hisses at the male, perhaps ensuring that his neck bite remains only a love bite. The couple may mate hundreds of times over several days, but afterward, when they return to the pride, they show no special interest in each other. 

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Speaking of rogh riders...

 

Male cats have barbs on their genitals, which cause the females to cry out in pain on withdrawal.     

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Ouch.

[Anileve]

Well this apparently explains why the lioness hits and hisses at the male. This is some outrageous stuff...Particularly the whole every 15 minutes thing

 

Lions have very high copulation rates. The female may mate approximately every 15 minutes when she is in heat for three days and nights without sleeping, and sometimes with five different males. This often leads to physical exhaustion of males when only a one or two are involved. Males periodically sniff female reproductive organs for signs of oncoming estrus and if these signs are detected, they will follow a female until she is ready to mate. Females may signal their interest in mating with elaborate tail movements and by "walking sinuously past" a male.

 

"Oral sex" occurs as foreplay-female lions may lick and rub the male's genitals. When African lion female has gotten the male's attention, she crouches into the mating position, her belly pressed to the ground and tail to one side, and copulation occurs for five to twenty seconds. During mating males often bite the female at the nape of her neck and the act often ends with the female snarling with bared teeth at the male. The penis of a lion, like all felines, has backward pointing barbs.

 

In lions, copulation is often accompanied by snarling, biting, growling, and threats, and sometimes the female turns and swats the male during dismount (most likely as a result of the pain invoked by a barbed penis). It has been theorized that the pain inflicted upon the female, during withdrawal from her vagina, is neccesary to stimilate the female to ovulate. After a new group of males take over a pride, females usually increase their sexual activity while lowering their fertility rate.

Edited September 27, 2004 by anileve

[Armen]

Lions court for several days, during which the female and male stay close to each other. When she is ready, the female adopts the mating position, her belly pressed to the ground and tail to one side. The male mounts her, gripping the skin on the back of her neck with his teeth.

 

After they mate, the female often hits and hisses at the male, perhaps ensuring that his neck bite remains only a love bite. The couple may mate hundreds of times over several days, but afterward, when they return to the pride, they show no special interest in each other. 

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Ahhhhhhhhh, now I get it...

 

Thinking: (Astvats jan, don't let anyone think I like lions after my comment above)!

[Armen]

Smart Evelina opens a couple of intelligent topics only to open a trivial triva like this? Wise strategy!

[Anileve]

Smart Evelina opens a couple of intelligent topics only to open a trivial triva like this? Wise strategy!

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Don't you think you've sharpened your teeth enough?

 

Well here is another piece of information I knew nothing about, perhaps most of you have.

 

Luxembourgish or Luxembourgian (in French, Luxembourgeois; in German, Luxemburgisch; in Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch) is a West Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg. It was adopted as an official language in 1984. It is also spoken in small parts of Belgium, France and Germany, as well as by a few of the descendants of Luxembourgian immigrants in the United States and emigrants to Transylvania (Siebenbürgen). There are about 300,000 people who speak Luxembourgish worldwide.

 

Luxembourgish belongs to the Middle German group of High German languages, like standard German. However, it is not intelligible to most Germans as it is more than just a German dialect. It borrows many French words. For example, the name for a bus driver is Buschauffeur which would be Busfahrer in German and Chauffeur de bus in French.

 

Standard German is called "Däitsch", or sometimes "Preisësch" (Prussian, which has slightly xenophobic undertones) in Luxembourg. Its most common uses are in Luxembourg's newspapers, and in primary school. The main administrative language in Luxembourg is French.

 

And here are some interesting phrases:

 

* Jo. Yes.

* Neen. No.

* Villäicht. Maybe.

* Moien. Hello.

* Äddi. Goodbye.

* Merci. Thank you.

* Watgelift? or Ëntschëllegt? Excuse me?

* Metzleschjong. Butcher's son.

 

Can you tell that I like the last one? Try to pronounce it and tell me that you don't love it! To me it sounds more like a combination of armenian and german "Mets Schlong" or perhaps armenian and english?

[Nakharar]

Luxembourg is a hilarious country indeed. Not as hilarious as Liechtenstein though, which is the largest producer of fake teeth and sausage skin in the world.

 

Where did you find this? This really brought tears to my eyes. Hearing their language always reminds me of a lost congregation of German village idiots.

 

* Jo. Yes.

* Neen. No.

* Villäicht. Maybe.

* Moien. Hello.

* Äddi. Goodbye.

* Merci. Thank you.

* Watgelift? or Ëntschëllegt? Excuse me?

* Metzleschjong. Butcher's son.