Sex-Deprived Fruit Flies Turn to Alcohol

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  • Rakido
    Super MURCer
    • Feb 2000
    • 1313
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    Sex-Deprived Fruit Flies Turn to Alcohol

    don't you love scientists, they explain everything

    In the study, male fruit flies that had mated repeatedly for several days showed no preference for alcohol-spiked food. On the other hand, spurned males and those denied access to females strongly preferred food mixed with 15 percent alcohol. The researchers believed the alcohol may have satisfied the flies' desire for physical reward.

    Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol, perhaps to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315145415.htm
    After being deprived of sex, male fruit flies may turn to alcohol to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward, according to a new study. Neurobiology experts say that understanding why rejected male flies find solace in ethanol could help treat human addictions.



    R.
    "Women don't want to hear a man's opinion, they just want to hear their opinion in a deeper voice."

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    • Dr Mordrid
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      • Apr 2001
      • 26592
      #2
      More $$ research any bartender could have told them?
      Dr. Mordrid
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