Female Dragonflies Play Dead to Escape Stalking Males

[Thor_MN]

http://www.livescience.com/58906-female-dragonflies-fake-death-to-avoid-harassment.html

Female Dragonflies Play Dead to Escape Stalking Males
The female dragonfly crashes to the ground and plays dead to avoid unwelcome advances.
Credit: Rassim Khelifa

Female dragonflies say no to sex by faking their deaths, new research has found.

Once a female dragonfly has mated, all she is interested in doing is laying eggs and getting on with her life. So, when stalked by an unwelcome lover (or two), she crashes to the ground and plays dead. When the duped males eventually leave, the female flies off, according to the research, published online April 24 in the journal Ecology.

[democratisphere]

1. Enough said.

[samnsara]

2. oh my.....words do escape me now.....

[hedda_foil]

3. I've used that trick myself. Works every time.

[Fin650]

4. is this new???

Is this a new skill or have the female dragonflies evolved this skill to say no???

If they have evolved maybe there is hope.

Say no.

xxx,

Fin

xxx,

tymcat