SEX, BOMBS & BURGERS

There's no end to the wonderful studies that scientists will perform. From the recent research into what would happen if there was a zombie outbreak to figuring out that cows naturally face magnetic north, scientists have for years been finding out the things that we as a people really want to know.

Well now they've discovered that male fruit flies, like their male human counterparts, are hornier than females. Yes, it's true - Swiss researchers have found that after about a minute and a half of mating, female fruit flies start kicking and struggling. Apparently, if the action goes on for any longer it limits the amount of time the female can mate with other males. Ouch. Boy, those female fruit flies sure are slutty.

What makes the study even more bizarre is that researchers somehow managed to prop up dead female flies to look alive - as National Geographic puts it, "Weekend at Bernie's style" - to see if it would make a difference. It did. Sex with dead flies lasted 1.5 times longer than with live ones. Who knew male fruit flies were sicko necrophiliacs?

One expert, not involved in the study, said the flies are similar to humans in that it's all about the foreplay. "I don't know you could say human females want longer copulation, per se," said one. "It's really the foreplay, not the actual act of copulation. In the insects, prior to that, there's courtship going on, and that's like foreplay in humans."