Flatworms can either regrow their bodies or have sex, but not both

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: Flatworms can either regrow their bodies or have sex, but not both | Boing Boing

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[FGD135]

Tough call.

[NukeML]

Story of my life.

[Surprise_Puma]

Either one seems like too much work. Is a nice nap and maybe some cookies an option?

[anothernewbbaccount]

Well, it kind of depends on exactly which precise part of the body needs to be regrown, doesn’t it?
But if it’s a one-time binary choice, what’s the point of regrowing that particular part, anyway?

[ThatDarnedAntiChrist]

TIL I learned there’s a biological corollary to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.

[EB01]

So Flukeman probably doesn’t have any accounts on the dating apps?

[hecep]

I have a vague recollection of “David” in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, whining and complaining about his love life, then observing that “Andy” was better off since he – by being a virgin – looked much younger than his 40 years.

[Beanolini]

@thomdunn

the worms have a choice: they can either get laid, or grow their heads back

To clarify, it’s a choice at the evolutionary level, not a choice for the individual worm.

[docosc]

Plays into the discussion earlier of red heads and anesthesia. Evolution is a messy, jury-rigged process using whatever is lying around at the time. Makes it fascinatingly, disastrously, unpredictably chaotic. But that’s why it’s fun!