Test your Carnal Knowledge
A quick quiz to determine how keenly you're attuned to the science of sex - and whether that's a good thing.
Laying eggs that hatched into baby Komodo dragons, even though she was still a virgin.
Biting then-Prime Minister Tony Blair while he received a special "behind-the-scenes" zoo tour.
Escaping her enclosure for an entire night, during which she attempted to mate with several crocodiles and an alligator named Dirty Harry.
6. Which of these effects of eating too much soy was substantiated scientifically?
Soy can shrink men's penises and cause straight men to become gay (it's also the secret ingredient in the recently declassified "gay bomb").
Soy can make men's penises grow and cause gay men to become straight.
Soy can reduce the incidence of several types of cancer.
None of the above.
7. When hermaphroditic sea worms meet, how do they figure out which one is going to take on the male role and which will play the female?
They look each other up and down and determine that the smaller, more "feminine" one should take the female role.
A dangerous, sometimes brutal fight breaks out in which the winner acts as the male.
They compare penises and let the one with the longer member act as the male.
They take turns.
8. Scientists recently figured out the identity of some flea-sized parasites riding on deep-sea anglerfish. What are they?
A sexually transmitted infection similar to crabs in humans.
Parasites that inject an aphrodisiac chemical into her bloodstream to make her want to reproduce and create homes for more parasites.
Male anglerfish, which are 500,000 times smaller than females.
9. How do male sea urchins compete with one another for the chance to procreate?
They stab one another with their spines.




