Black-Widow Spiders May Improve Sex Life

[bicentennial_baby]

"TEMUCO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean researchers said on Wednesday they aimed to develop a new pill to combat impotence that would have the added bonus of being a male contraceptive, based on experiments with the venom of black-widow spiders."

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"Last November, they discovered by accident that one ingredient in spider venom could not only facilitate male erection in a way similar to the popular Viagra pill, but also render sperm infertile.


"This new drug could help the functioning of the male erection without having to worry about the partner getting pregnant," Fernando Romero, director of the research project, told Reuters outside his lab filled with the dangerous spiders caught in southern Chile. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/newstmpl=story&u=/nm/20030709/sc_nm/chile_science_dc_1

[thermodynamic]

1. LOL!

Just wait until people try to do the cheap way around and get their own spiders from the wild... :eyes:

Also have to wonder why (a) nobody tried this before, (b) nobody cared about this before, and (c) who or what did they test the venom on?!

I mean, homosexuals are called perverted, but THIS is ridiculous!

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. Damn

Sometimes I wish I was a lab rat instead of just a magic one.

:)

[patdem]

2. Cause the female kills them just before

ejaculation?? :shrug: This sounds very interesting, and ironic at the same time! :bounce:

[Elidor]

4. ruh-roh

I foresee the day when dutch means who's going to eat the contraceptive, the guy or the girl.

[MoonGod]

5. Wee. I've got tons of black widows around my house...

... Time for some Biochemistry@Home!

[SPICYHOT]

6. I like the idea of male contraceptive

:bounce:

[Code_Name_D]

7. I don't think so

You may note guys take the gall out to eat, THEN sex. Not the other way around. We are just covering our bases here.

[xchrom]

8. two birds

one hard rock