Insect fossil porn: Jurassic edition.

By Seriously Science
Nov 14, 2013 1:00 PMMay 17, 2019 10:14 PM
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Talk about being caught in flagrante delicto – these  froghoppers somehow died while they were having sex, and they have now been doing the deed (in fossil form) for about 165 million years. In this paper, the archaeologists compare the bangin’ bugs’ positions to those of their living contemporaries, and find that “froghoppers’ genitalic symmetry and mating position have remained static for over 165 million years.” Insexy!

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