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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Scanner : spiders</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/spiders/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: spiders</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Sloppy Seconds: Ben Affleck's "Big Regret" Involves JLo's Big Booty</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/05/12/sloppy-seconds-ben-affleck-s-big-regret-involves-jlo-s-big-booty.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:92787</guid><dc:creator>Emily Farris</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=92787</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/05/12/sloppy-seconds-ben-affleck-s-big-regret-involves-jlo-s-big-booty.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/05/08-15/3e536af99859d-62-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/05/08-15/3e536af99859d-62-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A biologist who discovered a new arachnid named the new species of trapdoor spider after his favorite musician. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. [&lt;a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/music_nm/young_dc" target="_blank"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The View&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#39;s Joy Behar wants to &lt;i&gt;feel&lt;/i&gt; the knob, but draws the line at &lt;i&gt;licking&lt;/i&gt; the knob. [&lt;a href="http://jezebel.com/389557/the-ladies-of-the-view-gag-on-penis-jokes?autoplay=true" target="_blank"&gt;Jezebel&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are apparently &amp;quot;really into each other.&amp;quot; [&lt;a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/Witness-Jen-Aniston-and-John-Mayer-Really-into-Each-Other" target="_blank"&gt;Us&lt;/a&gt;]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Little Matilda Rose Ledger looks more and more like her daddy everyday. We don&amp;#39;t know if this will be a good thing when she&amp;#39;s all grown up, but for now she&amp;#39;s so freaking cute. [&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/05/12/little-matilda-ledger-stares-down-the-paparazzi.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;FameCrawler&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are either engaged or they&amp;#39;re not. [&lt;a href="http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2008/05/11/owen-kate-engaged/" target="_blank"&gt;Hello!&lt;/a&gt;]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tila Tequila is on the cover of &amp;quot;Blender&amp;quot; probably because her single &amp;quot;Stripper Friends&amp;quot; is a big hit with the kids these days? Oh wait, we&amp;#39;ve never heard it. [&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodtuna.com/?p=4914" target="_blank"&gt;Hollywood Tuna&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow is &amp;quot;boring,&amp;quot; but she looks hot on the cover of GQ, even if it is Photoshopped. [&lt;a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b135828_gwyneth_paltrow_wears_panties.html" target="_blank"&gt;E!&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When talking about his past relationship with Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck said his &amp;quot;one big regret&amp;quot; was that he appeared the video for her single &amp;quot;Jenny From the Block&amp;quot; in which he rubbed suntan lotion on her booty. Funny, we imagine that would be most men&amp;#39;s big goal. [&lt;a href="http://www.gabbybabble.com/2008/05/ben-affleck-hated-jennifer-lopez-video.html" target="_blank"&gt;GabbyBabble&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper872/stills/3e536af99859d-62-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;Image&lt;/a&gt;]&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=92787" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/the+view/default.aspx">the view</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/sloppy+seconds/default.aspx">sloppy seconds</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/tila+tequila/default.aspx">tila tequila</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/owen+wilson/default.aspx">owen wilson</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/dead+people/default.aspx">dead people</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/john+mayer/default.aspx">john mayer</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/Heath+Ledger/default.aspx">Heath Ledger</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/strippers/default.aspx">strippers</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/engaged/default.aspx">engaged</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/kate+hudson/default.aspx">kate hudson</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/jlo/default.aspx">jlo</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/ben+affleck/default.aspx">ben affleck</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/Joy+Behar/default.aspx">Joy Behar</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/GQ/default.aspx">GQ</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/matilda+ledger/default.aspx">matilda ledger</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/spiders/default.aspx">spiders</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/gwyneth+paltrow/default.aspx">gwyneth paltrow</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/jennifer+aniston/default.aspx">jennifer aniston</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/Neil+Young/default.aspx">Neil Young</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/blender/default.aspx">blender</category></item><item><title>Male Spiders Play Dead for Sex, Apparently It's Working Out for Them</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/03/24/male-spiders-play-dead-for-sex-it-s-apparently-working-out-for-them.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:80248</guid><dc:creator>Emily Farris</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=80248</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/03/24/male-spiders-play-dead-for-sex-it-s-apparently-working-out-for-them.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/03/23-End%20of%20Month/ALeqM5gj0J4Rti0nL3dOC7wFpbF_x5rB8w.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/03/23-End%20of%20Month/ALeqM5gj0J4Rti0nL3dOC7wFpbF_x5rB8w.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, let&amp;#39;s get this straight. When a male spider just lies there with a little bit of food hanging out of his mouth, a female spider will ride him all night long, spidey-style?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not all male nursery web spiders looking for a little arachnid sex adopt this technique, but those that do more than double their chances of hitting the jackpot, according to new study in Behavioral Ecology...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the ones that lay flat and motionless -- even if meant getting dragged about by a female that had latched onto the victuals -- wound up in a much better position, as it were, to engage in sexual activity.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Males that played dead were also allowed to copulate longer than males that did not, ensuring more eggs could [be] fertilized, the researchers reported.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glad that&amp;#39;s working out for you, spiders, but I&amp;#39;d like to be the first to say: men, don&amp;#39;t try this at home.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[AFP: &lt;a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g52KDGpbj5TycfSE3Z-NPzziqw-A" target="_blank"&gt;Male spiders play dead for sex: study&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=80248" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/science/default.aspx">science</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/sex/default.aspx">sex</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/men/default.aspx">men</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/nature/default.aspx">nature</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/studies/default.aspx">studies</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/food/default.aspx">food</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/spiders/default.aspx">spiders</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/laziness/default.aspx">laziness</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/playing+dead/default.aspx">playing dead</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/don_2700_t+try+this+at+home/default.aspx">don't try this at home</category></item></channel></rss>