10 Peculiar, Kinky, Real Mating Rituals of Bugs »
Posted By IsraGeek 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyNo flowers or chocolates but bugs have their own "romantic" or effective rituals that probably shouldn't be tried at home (other than by the bugs themselves).
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I am a thirty-something (on the low end of the thirties) "hi tech" professional from Tel Aviv, Israel. Although I am in the twilight of ...
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gamahuche8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Bugs get a mixed rep.in the "real world"- wherever that is.
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In my home its a term of endearment..
Broucek - pronunciation is hard to parse in English..
The ou is like owe
the c has an accent on it like an upside down circumflex and is pronounced ch.
Definitely not a word that that can be said in a brutal, mean or ugly way.
That said its a diminutive of brouk which sounds like broke spelt with a w instead of the u.
Not such a pretty word and it means a BIG beetle, one that would crunch if you stepped on it and that you would definitely not like to find in your porridge - or soup.
That wouldn't be such a nice crunch.. -
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CHAM8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Now you guys. Lots of Federal money has been spent for research on this - the bug sex allure I mean.
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And if you really think in depth about it, what would happen if we didn't have insects? It would mean the end of human life on earth.
Soo don't begrudge these little critters of their whoope! cause that's what keeps their world going. They don't need us be we sure need them. -
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