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Cone Snails lure their prey with the promise of sex and then kill them.

submitted by veo to Wildlife 4.1 yearsMar 14, 2021 18:59:47 ago (+6/-1)     (www.theatlantic.com)

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/cone-snail-venom/618270/



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[ - ] dalai_llama 0 points 4.1 yearsMar 15, 2021 11:14:15 ago (+0/-0)

Because many marine worms die after reproducing, some of the ones that are consumed by cone snails likely die as duped virgins, their biological imperative unfulfilled.

lol, "duped virgins."

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 4.1 yearsMar 15, 2021 03:52:30 ago (+0/-0)

sex is the man's achilles heel. We need to wean ourselves off it - probably with sex dolls.