Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Chatter > General Discussion


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 11-11-2005, 08:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
Junkie
 
cchris's Avatar
 
Location: Sydney
Fossils have 65m-year sex session

Dont stop now,I"m coming.........................................................


LINK TO STORY

IN what may be the world's longest act of sexual congress, Indian scientists have discovered two fungal cells in a union that began some 65 million years ago.

"In other words, two cells of the unicellular organisms were found in a fused state," Ranjit K. Kar, one of the scientists, said.
The discovery was made by Mr Kar and a team of scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany in Lucknow, the capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. It was reported in the latest issue of the Indian journal Current Science.

Since the cells involved are smaller than a hair's breadth, a scientist and a microscope are required to see the romance in the joining of the Myxomycetes cells, a variety of creeping slime mould.

According to Mr Kar, the organisms were in a state of development known as the "swarm cell" state in which they are mobile - using flagella, or whip-like appendages, to help them move around.

The flagella are lost when the cells sexually unite with other cells.

"The fossil showing two swarm cells in fused position and shedding of their flagella is evidence that the two cells had sex," Mr Kar said.
He said it was the first time the sexual act between two such tiny organisms has been discovered preserved in a fossil state.

"The sexual organs being delicate and the time of conjugation short-lived, it is indeed rare to get this stage in the fossil state," wrote Mr Kar in the journal.

The fossil was discovered in a dry well, 10 metres deep, in a state in central India. The area is known for volcanic deposits and fossil discoveries.
__________________
There's a fine line between participation and mockery
cchris is offline  
Old 11-11-2005, 01:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
Upright
 
Whats the problem it just is taking him a little while to get off.
infamous13 is offline  
Old 11-11-2005, 01:29 PM   #3 (permalink)
lonely rolling star
 
sadistikdreams's Avatar
 
Location: Seattle.
Aw man, that was dissappointing.

I thought it'd be something like two cavepeople doing it, and then they got fossilized while they were in mid coitus.
__________________
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
"
-Lin Yutang

hearts, by d.a.
sadistikdreams is offline  
Old 11-11-2005, 03:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
Very Insignificant Pawn
 
Location: Amsterdam, NL
Who goes down in a dry well 10 meters with a microscope looking for organisms having sex?

This guy needs a date.
flat5 is offline  
Old 11-13-2005, 12:56 PM   #5 (permalink)
Tilted
 
Slyboots's Avatar
 
Location: Newbury Park, California
Quote:
Originally Posted by sadistikdreams
Aw man, that was dissappointing.

I thought it'd be something like two cavepeople doing it, and then they got fossilized while they were in mid coitus.
I thought the same exact thing too.

Meh still interesting.
__________________
"Ah, yes, divorce......., from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." -- Robin Williams
Slyboots is offline  
 

Tags
65myear, fossils, session, sex


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:43 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360