Brothers Jacob and Tibu braved hungry hippos and crocodiles to make the crossing.
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These African lions swam a record-breaking 1.5 km to find a mate
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Our family does a weekly ‘popcorn night’ with the kids where they get to stay up late and we all watch a David Attenborough documentary. Invariably, half of the show is ‘look at the crazy things this animal will do to get laid’. And I get to wonder whether that’s a reflection on how much of an animal’s life revolves around sex or whether it’s a reflection on the scientists that choose to study them all being hopelessly horny.
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After reading what these lions did and what Jacob in particular went through, all I can say is:
Life, uh... finds a way.
Life, uh... finds a way.
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Apologies lion bros that humans are such dicks as a species. Shooting you for penis pills, shooting you just cause, poisoning you, fucking up your habitat for money, shrinking your available habitat for money, etc....
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I can kind of understand how our ancient ancestors hunted megafauna to extinction, they didn't really know better.
It's going to be really embarrassing explaining how we hunted regular fauna to extinction, despite massive warnings not to, for a cheap buck.
It's going to be really embarrassing explaining how we hunted regular fauna to extinction, despite massive warnings not to, for a cheap buck.
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There are two types of guys. Jocks and Nerds, Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about... (that is an Revenge of the Nerds quote).
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Why is it disgusting? Procreation is an innate function of all life.
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So many trolls here ruining a good comment section. Everything said so far deserves an up, not a downvote, for either being factually correct or for being hilarious.
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"I crossed a mile-long body of water infested with crocodiles and hippos, using only three limbs, just to find you" is a cheesy pick-up line... unless it's actually true.
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It's a joke, from a meme and it has long ago been sublimated into meaning more than just sex.
This really shows the age of the Ars demographic
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How many of us have gone through great lengths to get out of our small town and move to the big city for better mating prospects dating scene? I know people, both male and female who've admitted to that.
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You hear all these lovely birds singing in the morning ?
"fuck me, fuck me, fuck me" is the theme song.
"fuck me, fuck me, fuck me" is the theme song.
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I guess this is supposed to be a feel good story, but mostly after reading it I feel sad how shitty humans are making their lives and how likely they are to soon be dead, and possibly extinct.
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They just wanted to have a laugh with their mates. What's disgusting about that?
edit: Now that I've read the article, I suppose it's "mates" and not "mates."
"What would you do for a Klondike Bar®?"
"I would reply to a joke about Klondike Bars."
Oh. Hmm. I can't believe someone feels Klondike Bars are "disgusting."
Now, bring back the Choco Taco as a regular item.
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Here's the continuation of the video above (hoping this GIF animates...). Those are some brave lions to have faced this! 
Edit: Nope.
Edit: Nope.
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That’s not my understanding. There is no production of haploid cells that combine to form a diploid cell that is the offspring. Horizontal transfer does exchange genetic material from one organism to another, but no additional organism is created.
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Since when did Ars become the domain of memes and trivialities. I subscribed to Ars for the scholarly discourse …
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"Brothers Jacob and Tibu braved hungry hippos and crocodiles to make the crossing." I'm not sure hippos being hungry makes them more of a threat since they are vegetarians. Now angry, territorial hippos--that's something to be afraid of.
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Sex is the act right? The sexual reproduction is optional. May not happen every time especially in humans, and that's even before you consider active preventative measures.
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Impressive communication between the brothers, in planning the exploit, in carrying it out, and in meeting up afterwards and getting back ( assuming they did return ).
Amazing that they sensed there were willing lionesses over water and a long way.
Amazing that they sensed there were willing lionesses over water and a long way.
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