Sex kills for for some male marsupials

[James]

Mating is such an arduous and frenzied process for some male marsupials that it literally kills them, according to new Australian-led research.

Scientists had wondered for decades why some species of insect-eating marsupials dropped dead after sex, with speculation including that they died from fighting or to leave more food for their offspring.

But research published in the US-based Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences puts the "dying off" down to...read more here: Sex kills for for some male marsupials

 

[McT]

The ultimate sacrifice for reproduction. Yikes! Just so glad I'm not a marsupial!

 

[Ichigo]

I wouldn't sacrifice myself for it lucky I am not one or even a prey mantis/spider.

 

[Mister 44]

This is why the male marsupial was the first mammal to invent the vibrator [SUP][citation needed][/SUP]

 

[Ike_009]

Marsupial 1: Mom, the police phoned to say Billy is dead

Marsupial mom: I told that boy not to go out with that girl, but does he listen to his mother. You can never impress those girls