OH NO! Even the koalas aren't safe from TEH GAY! (sarcasm)

[badgerpup]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10425714

Quick! Mobilize the Ted Haggard Task Force...they're needed on a mission of animal...er...straightening.

Australia rocked by 'lesbian' koala revelation
Female koalas indulge in lesbian "sex sessions", rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five at a time, according to researchers.

The furry, eucalyptus-eating creatures appear to develop this tendency for same-sex liaisons when they are in captivity. In the wild, they remain heterosexual.

Scientists monitoring the marsupials with digital cameras counted three homosexual interactions for every heterosexual one.

"Some females rejected the advances of males that were in their enclosures, only to become willing participants in homosexual encounters immediately after," say the researchers.

"On several occasions more than one pair of females shared the same pole, and multiple females mounted each other simultaneously. At least one multiple encounter involved five female koalas.

"One theory put forward by the researchers is that the females do it to attract males; another is that it is simply hormonal, or that it is a stress reliever.

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Gods, but I love the FARK website...you find the coolest stuff there.

[NMMNG]

1. Don't let the fundies see this

They'll want the zoos shut down. :eyes:

[IntravenousDemilo]

2. TEH = Ted E Haggard?

I see "teh" a lot on the internets, and usually I figure it's a typo for "the". Not in this case, though?

BTW, "On several occasions more than one pair of females shared the same pole..." That would be the Mormon ones, eh?

[badgerpup]

4. Nope... I finally caved and used Internet slang...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teh

There's the link...I'm using it as an intensifier.
You know, this kind of slang could be rather useful after all....

[IntravenousDemilo]

7. Oy... Sic transit gloria linguae.

You see utility; I see unnecessary linguistic corruption.

Me, I'd have fought the good fight. I'll never be able to bring myself to use constructions such as teh and pwn without throwing up in my mouth a little.

I don't mean to come down on you, but every time we cave in and give up ground to these illiteracies simply because they're current, a little piece of the English language withers, blackens, rots away, and dies. It's not too late to go back, though...

End of rant.

[badgerpup]

8. Nolo contendre et mea culpa...

but truly, the intensifier was the only way with which to indicate my sarcasm and disgust over the hysteria that's taking place over KOALA BEARS' SEX LIVES for heaven's sake! :banghead::argh:

My personal view is if you ain't personally involved, then you have no business trying to GET involved.
That goes for all consenting adults of every flavor.

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. Well... OK.

I'd have used other options, like THE or the or (in ASCII) *the*.

As to the content of what you're saying, though, I agree totally. As far as sex is concerned, we'd all be better off if we took a laissez-faire approach to what others do with their genitals.

I also notice that the same folks who want to dictate sexuality to complete strangers are the same ones who also want to dictate every other country's domestic policy. Well, I say fuck Monroe and his stupid Doctrine. If your RW legislators choose not to recognize our straight and gay marriages equally, or let us legalize pot, we can always shut off a large part of America's oil, natural gas, and electricity, and cripple the US economy.

Of course, then the tanks would roll across the 49th parallel, manned most likely by puritans...

[GreenZoneLT]

3. Eucalyptus-flavored lipstick lesbians

"One theory put forward by the researchers is that the females do it to attract males"

Yeah, sure, dream on, Poindexter.

[EFerrari]

5. Eucalyptus-flavored lipstick lesbian

:rofl:

ouch

:rofl:

[pepperbear]

6. oh everyone knows those koalas CHOSE that lifestyle. n/t