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'Caught in the act: the first record of copulating fossil vertebrates.' [BBC.co.uk] "The remains of the 47-million-year old animals were unearthed in the famous Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Germany. They were found as male-female pairs. In two cases, the males even had their tails tucked under their partners' as would be expected from the coital position. Details are carried in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters."
Man, all those months of "no, you can't take pictures of us doing it" for nothing.
posted by gurple at 9:36 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by gurple at 9:36 AM on June 20, 2012
Want to drive your turtle-man wild in the surface waters of a lake? Tuck his you know what under yours before doing the deed.
posted by griphus at 9:37 AM on June 20, 2012 [8 favorites]
posted by griphus at 9:37 AM on June 20, 2012 [8 favorites]
Holy crap, look at them fucking turtles
posted by mule98J at 9:37 AM on June 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by mule98J at 9:37 AM on June 20, 2012 [6 favorites]
"Boney buddies basically boning," biologists bemoan!
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:39 AM on June 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:39 AM on June 20, 2012 [3 favorites]
So that's why it's turtles all the way down.
posted by tilde at 9:39 AM on June 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by tilde at 9:39 AM on June 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
Hurr hurr, Beavis, check out the fossil of turtles doin' it. And the poop fossils.
So is this the paleontological equivalent of a snuff film?
posted by XMLicious at 9:40 AM on June 20, 2012
So is this the paleontological equivalent of a snuff film?
posted by XMLicious at 9:40 AM on June 20, 2012
...Will you still need me, will you still feed me,posted by notyou at 9:41 AM on June 20, 2012 [5 favorites]
when I'm 64 million years old?
Researchers think the turtles had initiated sex in the surface waters of the lake that once existed on the site, and were then overcome as they sank through deeper layers made toxic by the release of volcanic gases.
DOESN'T MATTER, HAD SEX
posted by jbickers at 9:41 AM on June 20, 2012 [10 favorites]
DOESN'T MATTER, HAD SEX
posted by jbickers at 9:41 AM on June 20, 2012 [10 favorites]
Get a Tomb!
posted by lalochezia at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012 [12 favorites]
posted by lalochezia at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012 [12 favorites]
How'd they get completely flattened mid-coitus like that? Some Brontotherium with a crush fetish get in on the action?
posted by saulgoodman at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by saulgoodman at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012
Paleontologists protest "porno plastron" paradigm!
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:45 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:45 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Rumor has it these were actually lizards engaged in turtle cosplay.
posted by brain_drain at 9:45 AM on June 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by brain_drain at 9:45 AM on June 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
BBC really dropped the ball here in not having an autoplay mp3 of Let's Get It On with this article.
posted by elizardbits at 9:47 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 9:47 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
"In cases of erections lasting more than 47 million years, seek immediate medical attention..."
And finally,
"Hope springs eternal and that's not all, amirite?"
posted by notyou at 9:48 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
And finally,
"Hope springs eternal and that's not all, amirite?"
posted by notyou at 9:48 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
fucking ancient
posted by From Bklyn at 9:57 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by From Bklyn at 9:57 AM on June 20, 2012
I've heard of sex being interrupted by the release of volcanic gases, but this takes the cake.
posted by argonauta at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by argonauta at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012
Note to self: Dust off old pickup line about "Baby, what if the world was to end today?" for renewed use. It's clearly a classic that works.
posted by bigskyguy at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by bigskyguy at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Puts Sting to shame.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:04 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Teens leave porno mags in the woods for the next generation to find. Deep Ones leave it in the fossil record.
posted by FatherDagon at 10:17 AM on June 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by FatherDagon at 10:17 AM on June 20, 2012 [7 favorites]
Dying mid-coitus?!? That just replaced "getting shot out of a missile bay" as the way I personally want to go. Clearly turtles have things ALL figured out.
posted by wolfdreams01 at 10:23 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by wolfdreams01 at 10:23 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Teens leave porno mags in the woods for the next generation to find. Deep Ones leave it in the fossil record.
posted by FatherDagon
Eponysexy!
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:24 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by FatherDagon
Eponysexy!
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:24 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
Dying mid-coitus?!? That just replaced "getting shot out of a missile bay" as the way I personally want to go.
Hey, these things are not mutually exclusive. DARE TO DREAM
posted by maqsarian at 10:36 AM on June 20, 2012 [15 favorites]
Hey, these things are not mutually exclusive. DARE TO DREAM
posted by maqsarian at 10:36 AM on June 20, 2012 [15 favorites]
Dying mid-coitus?!? That just replaced "getting shot out of a missile bay" as the way I personally want to go.
Curiously, the last time I was shot out of a missile bay, the last thing I heard before they pushed the button was "go f*ck yourself," so these two things can be combined with the right personality.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:42 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
Curiously, the last time I was shot out of a missile bay, the last thing I heard before they pushed the button was "go f*ck yourself," so these two things can be combined with the right personality.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:42 AM on June 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
If you've been mid-coitus for 47 million years and you haven't managed to fire off your missiles yet, you may be doing it wrong.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:45 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:45 AM on June 20, 2012
Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
Or a "Dear Royal Society Journal, you'll never guess what happened to me yesterday" joke.
posted by chavenet at 11:08 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Or a "Dear Royal Society Journal, you'll never guess what happened to me yesterday" joke.
posted by chavenet at 11:08 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Or a "turtles all the way down" joke.
posted by chavenet at 11:10 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by chavenet at 11:10 AM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
One things for sure... That was probably the most adorable sounding death ever.
(NSFW if turtle humping a shoe is NSFW in your work place).
posted by symbioid at 2:09 PM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
(NSFW if turtle humping a shoe is NSFW in your work place).
posted by symbioid at 2:09 PM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Are they pumps?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:10 PM on June 20, 2012
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:10 PM on June 20, 2012
This thread seems to be spent. UNLIKE THAT TURTLE
posted by brain_drain at 2:17 PM on June 20, 2012
posted by brain_drain at 2:17 PM on June 20, 2012
(NSFW if turtle humping a shoe is NSFW in your work place).
Are they pumps?
Looks like a cross trainer to me, but you know different strokes for...different slow pokes.
*That's all Folks!
posted by Skygazer at 2:26 PM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
Are they pumps?
Looks like a cross trainer to me, but you know different strokes for...different slow pokes.
*That's all Folks!
posted by Skygazer at 2:26 PM on June 20, 2012 [1 favorite]
ok, can we stop with the puerile humor for a minute to say:
OMG THAT BABY TURTLE AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE OMG CUTE!
posted by sexyrobot at 11:59 PM on June 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
OMG THAT BABY TURTLE AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE OMG CUTE!
posted by sexyrobot at 11:59 PM on June 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
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