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The Coevolution of Lice & Their Hosts
eldavojohn writes "It might be an uncomfortable subject but parasites are an interesting subject when it comes to evolution. Ever wonder if pocket gophers have lice? Well, they do. And most interesting of all is the evolution of these lice mirroring the evolution of gophers. To study the genes of lice may shed just as much light on evolutionary trees as studying the genes of the actual host the lice has evolved to. The most unsettling result from these studies is that human head lice and human pubic lice (crabs) vary so greatly that they are in two separate genera. There were similarities between our pubic lice and the lice found on gorillas. Scientists came to the conclusion, which they published today in BMC Biology, is just as striking as their earlier one about head lice. But it is hardly the same. We did not get pubic lice from other hominids. We got them from the ancestors of gorillas."
There were similarities between our pubic lice and the lice found on gorillas.
Look, I don't know what these scientists have been doing with the gorillas in this study, but this seems like evidence of *something*.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
It's not that humans got crabs from gorillas. One human did. Skeezy McTarzan.
Start a happiness pandemic
We did not get pubic lice from other hominids. We got them from the ancestors of gorillas." Just.... Dude.
Long before it was used in terms of addictions, "I've got a monkey on my back" used to refer to having sex with a gorilla.
To be perfectly honest ... um, let me think about this ... no.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
So, about ten or twelve years ago I hook up with this skank from Montreal. She was a hottie, great in the sack, and loved it up the ass. A couple of weeks after I met her, I experienced major ball itch. I'm like scratching down there all the time. One time, alone in bed reading, I scratch like mad and find what looks like an insect leg in my fingernail.
Fuck, I've got the fucking crabs.
I thought I had jock itch and had been spraying my junk with Cruex, but that only made the crabs mad. I could see them climbing through my white-powdered pubes.
The only resort was to shave myself from nose to toes. I looked like a fucking toddler, but the itching stopped.
And yes, I had to replace my futon, get new sheets, and boil my underwear and jeans. Hell of a price to pay for some Montreal trim.
Could have been worse, though.
Regards,
Crabman
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold
Look over there! (Where?)
There's a lady that I used to know
She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me,
There's something going wrong around here
It's amazing how accurate Joe Jackson can be.
"All fabrics are artificial.. I don't think I've ever seen a blanket or a shirt tree."
You're confusing the thing with what its made of. While there aren't "blanket trees," there certainly ARE cotton plants, and wool occurs naturally as well - ask any sheep. So you can make blankets and clothing out of cotton, or wool, or any other naturally-occuring fibre - but you won't find any naturally-occuring polyester. And don't get me started on how many naugas you have to kill to get even one decent naugahide.
"We did not get pubic lice from other hominids. We got them from the ancestors of gorillas."
#10. Speak for yourself, professor.
#9. "coyote-ugly", move over...
#8. Shhh... Hear that? I think Dave Attell's head just exploded.
#7. Why is the waiting room empty? All I said was we...
#6. "Scratch-a while you can, monkey-boy!"
#5. Next on Springer...
#4. Time to bring the crab-infested brass monkeys in off the back porch, Radar.
#3. Yes, you heard me right, I need to get into those crabs' genes.
#2. Let's say we ask Jocelyn Elders to weigh in on this one.
and #1... Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, and a mighty itchy one at that.
(N.B., I know gorillas are apes not monkeys, so save the posting effort, it's just a freaking joke...)
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
"In Africa, where the percentage of children with head lice is higher, lice have adapted their claws to better grasp elliptical hair"
It looks like its an arms race then.
Libertarian Leaning Political Discussion Forum.
think twice about who you share your brain bucket with.
Ohh. You said 'pubic lice'. I misread the post. I thought you'd said "RIAA". Never mind.
The all powerful one is known to be against that nasty bahaviour known as "s*x" (except when used to go forth and multiply of course). He produced pubic lice as a punishment for those engaging in this disgusting activity.
We can test this. Have gay sex with a dirty ape while gambling, drinking, and cussing and see if you get struck by lighting and hurricanes more often then those having Brady-Bunch-Mormon-style relationships.
Table-ized A.I.
Oh,... and this is NOT a "In Soviet Russia" joke. :-P
JUST LIKE a Slashdot'ian to look down at the wierd things in his bush... and try to EXPLAIN them!!
I can't help it: "Just imagine a Beowolf cluster of these!!!"
haha
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That was the only thing you said that made sense
Ever try cooking bacon naked? THAT's why we have clothes.
What do you mean "our pubic lice"?
This is Slashdot, most of us haven't had the opportunity to get public lice, you insensitive clod!
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak