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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Imagine dedicating 6 years to get a PhD and then watching 2 alligators bang for 36 minutes.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...and??

That's the shit you sign up for by doing a PhD!!

(..and I'm not joking lmao. Research often is like this, and it's good!)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nah the fun part is designing the experiment. But zoologists are weird like this

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Aka - The Dream

[–] devz0r@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago
[–] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. The study just confirms that gays flirt as long as it takes to break their target's will. To be safe, gay behavior has to be forbidden.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

in fact, all republican politicians will take it upon themselves to perform conversion therapy in their bedrooms to contain the gayness.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

"they're putting so much shit in the water, it's turning the damn alligators gay!"

You can't logic yourself out of a position you didn't logic yourself into lol

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Florida about to ban their state animal

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Lol, I can't help but imagine the researchers armed with stopwatches and clipboards peeping on all that steamy alligator sex 👍

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

"Can you confirm they're having sex?"

"From what I can tell."

"I didn't ask if you can 'tell' they're having sex, I asked if you can CONFIRM sex. Are we two men standing in a swamp watching two gators maybe hump, or are we goddamn SCIENTISTS looking to understand the nature of sexuality as presented in the wild? Because I put my Science wellies on this morning, unlike someone who CAN'T CONFIRM TO ME IF THIS IS ALLIGATOR HOMOSEXUALITY OR NOT!"

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

For 2205 seconds!

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

1,060 seconds, or over 17 minutes... nice stamina.

[–] ChillCapybara@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

Myyyy tail shake brings scaly bois to the yard and they top, for several seconds more.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Were the results corrected for observation time? If male/male mating takes twice as long as male/female mating then the probability of observation should double.