SPIDER PORNOGRAPHYYes - the symptoms of a mis-spent youth, my many happy hours in the school library (between being beaten up for a speccy boffin & doing other kids homework for cash) And YES, I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES the spider porn that Douglas Adams said he left out of H2G2.
No, really!
www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/3.13.03/BOOM.html
Becky Chu, a master's student in computer science, explains her collaborative project, which employs simulations of wolf spiders' courtship dances, to Ron Elber, Cornell professor of computer science, during the BOOM event in Upson Hall, March 5.
'...she found that female spiders, being extremely visually oriented creatures, react with interest to video clips of male spiders performing mating dances. '
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No, really!
www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/3.13.03/BOOM.html
Becky Chu, a master's student in computer science, explains her collaborative project, which employs simulations of wolf spiders' courtship dances, to Ron Elber, Cornell professor of computer science, during the BOOM event in Upson Hall, March 5.
'...she found that female spiders, being extremely visually oriented creatures, react with interest to video clips of male spiders performing mating dances. '