{"id":230,"date":"2009-10-20T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T09:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2009-10-20T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T09:55:14","slug":"maybe-we-need-sex-education-for-birds-bird-flu-is-an-std","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/2009\/10\/20\/maybe-we-need-sex-education-for-birds-bird-flu-is-an-std\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe we need sex education for birds? Bird flu is an STD."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a post at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18002-first-evidence-that-bird-flu-is-spread-sexually.html\" target=\"_blank\">NewScientist<\/a>, bird flu (avian flu) is actually an STD &#8211; at least, it is in ducks. While not completely confirmed yet, it is believed to be the case. Although unlike humans, the more promiscuous the duck, the less likely it is to become infected (wha?); apparently &#8220;&#8230;It&#8217;s all to do with penis size and the complexity of the females&#8217; vagina&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-231\" title=\"duck-sign-fail\" src=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/duck-sign-fail-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"duck-sign-fail\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the researchers compared data on the prevalence of low-pathogenic bird flu strains in different duck species with what is known about the anatomy of duc<\/p>\n<p>k reproductive parts and mating behaviour, they found that ducks with the smallest penises and tamest sex lives had the highest flu levels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is intriguing and a bit counter-intuitive because a long phallus prolongs copulation, and forced copulations characteristic to species with a large phallus should further promote virus transfer,&#8221; says Hegyi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help but feel humans got the short stick (pun intended) when it comes to STD&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.8em; text-align: right;\">Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.failking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">failking.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a post at NewScientist, bird flu (avian flu) is actually an STD &#8211; at least, it is in ducks. 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