LSNN Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) **Deleted by webhost** Edited February 14, 2021 by LSNN 1 Link to comment
celestialrage Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, LSNN said: Username: LSNN **Deleted by webhost** get em LSSN. They be slandering us, let's go get paid Edited February 14, 2021 by celestialrage Link to comment
Government Leaks Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 45 minutes ago, SweetDaffodil said: Username: LG Comment: Stop spreading LIES about my own son. Noah is at home with me right now doing chores. The clowns who wrote this pathetic excuse for an article should be ashamed of themselves. (( My forum username doesn't indicate that I am government leaks )) 16 minutes ago, LSNN said: Username: LSNN Comment: This article has been referred to the District Attorney's office regarding the following charges: ** THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN DELETED BY THE AUTHOR ** Link to comment
Tsarna Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 User: ARepublican01Comment: Noah probably wrote it himself to become relevant again - was a week already without any attention pointed at him. Link to comment
Government Leaks Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 27 minutes ago, Tsarna said: User: ARepublican01Comment: Noah probably wrote it himself to become relevant again - was a week already without any attention pointed at him. Username: GashiIsAliveComment: Good point... yeah... Link to comment
Guest Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Gryphboi said: Username: TempleOverlord1 Comment: you're the dumbest retard gorilla monkey I've ever seen Username: PatrickSwayze1984 Comment: did you just call a whole website a 'you'? Link to comment
Shokkoth Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) ((Didn't notice the second reply.)) Edited February 14, 2021 by Shokkoth 1 Link to comment
Ace_ Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Username: Law Comment: This is not LSNN you fraud Link to comment
Government Leaks Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 54 minutes ago, Shokkoth said: Username: Mosquito_Lover1992 Comment: Sometimes they're mere pests, other times they're dangerous vectors of diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus Whatever the case, the lives of both male and female mosquitoes revolve around mating, so just how do the buzzing insects do it? Across the globe there are more than 3000 species of mosquitoes. These bite-sized animals live very short lives — with males sometimes living for only about a week and females for up to about 100 days — and employ a range of strategies to get down to business. In tropical regions of the world, the insects breed year-round, while those in temperate areas breed according to specific seasons. Given their short life spans, "mosquitoes have what we call overlapping generations," said mosquito expert Laura Harrington, an entomologist at Cornell University. "Mating can happen throughout the season but with different age cohorts." In many species, male mosquitoes are ready to mate within their first few days of adulthood. Females, on the other hand, are generally ready to mate almost immediately after leaving their pupal casings (a pupa is an immature stage of life between larva and adult). In one genus called Opifex, males take advantage of this rapid female maturity. "The male will actually emerge from the pupal stage and grab the trumpet or breathing tube of the female and then mate with her," In other species, a male will instead zero in on a human host using carbon dioxide cues, where he waits — buzzing around in figure-eight patterns — to intercept a blood-sucking female seeking a meal (males only drink nectar). Swarming and courtship Many other species take a group approach to mating, in which males form mating swarms— a nearly cylindrical cloud of flying male mosquitoes. It's unknown how these swarms form, but they tend to aggregate around some visual aberration of the environment, such as above a bare spot on the ground or level with the roof of a house. It's also unknown how females locate these swarms, though multiple senses may be involved. "It's one of the mysteries of biology," When females do fly into the swarm, however, males can identify them based on the frequency of their wing beats, which is lower than the males' frequency. This frequency identification is also used in non-swarming mosquito species and mating pairs will even harmonize their wing frequencies before mating, changing not only the beating of their wings but also moving their thorax box around, Harrington said. It's unclear if fundamental wing frequency, which is related to body size, plays a role in mate choice, but experiments show that mosquitoes that are exposed to recordings of these "mating calls" choose to harmonize more with the wing frequencies of larger adults. Chemical cues (pheromones) may also be important for mating, but researchers haven't investigated this much, Harrington said. Surprisingly, only a single mosquito species is known to actively engage in courtship rituals In the South American species Sabethes cyaneus, males will wave specialized structures on their feet — which resemble fringe boots. Getting down to business Mating in mosquitoes is quick, sometimes lasting no more than 15 seconds, and usually takes place in the air, though it can also occur on a surface. Male mosquitoes have pincer-like structures called claspers on their abdomens, which they use to grab on to the female. The male's reproductive organ (the aedaegus) then everts and extends into the female's vagina for insemination. Interestingly, the male's seminal fluid contains a suite of chemicals that have a range of physiological effects on the female, such as inducing her to lay eggs or take larger blood meals, Harrington said. Unlike male mosquitoes, which will continue to mate until they die, most female mosquitoes will mate just once. They store sperm for the rest of their lives to fertilize tons of eggs, the amount of which depends on the ambient temperature and blood (a source of energy for egg development). "They typically produce one batch of eggs for every blood meal they take," Harrington said. "At 28 degrees C [82.4 degrees F], you could get one egg batch every seven days, and some mosquitoes can lay 200 eggs or more in a batch." (( As initally mentioned in the second reply of this thread, comments cannot exceed 300 characters. This comment is not to be taken in-character. )) 1 Link to comment
Stoned Ape Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Username: anon2537 Comment: author should be fired lol wtf Link to comment
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