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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

The first rule of Fruit Fly Fight Club...

...is you DO NOT talk about Fruit Fly Fight Club.

The second rule of Fruit Fly Fight Club is...

You DO NOT talk about Fruit Fly Fight Club.

That doesn't stop me showing you a video, though.

Or if you prefer, girl on girl fruit fly action.

Why are those crazy guys at Harvard making fruit flies fight? It's to prove that one gene determines whether you fight like a boy (i.e. aggressively) or like a girl.

Apparently the gene is called fruitless. If you're a fruit fly, of course. In humans it's called the leaveitmatehesnotworthit gene.
Joanna  I guess they need to fight to separate the great from the dross(ophila)

Heh.. biologists joke... I'll get me coat. 
Becky  Ah... because drossophila are fruit flies!

...

Nope, still not funny. ;-) 
Joanna  And the other fruit fly joke is:

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." 

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