Sex makes rats calm. Read all about it.

Do the rats have a sudden need for sandwiches?

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.

Dammit, mena. I was going to say that.

Can I ask one of you a favor? Under the name "Dr Scientist", could you leave a comment on my blog post saying "Actually, I designed that experiment and I haven't been a virgin in over three years."

Please. It would crack me up.

Done.

Aaaahaha. Thanks man.

Hey i didnt go to Harvard for 8 years for nothing.

Does it say anything about the rats becoming all whiny and emo?

That's when they become pregnant.

They become emo because they get pregnant. Come to think of it i have never seen a prego emo girl!?

You got me there. But i really want to see a girl in full Emoscene garb with a nine months belly spouting out above her 3 studded belts.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to drag your massively fat ass out of bed and put on maternity clothes and waddle to where ever it is you MUST go at nine months(because otherwise, you'd be sleeping or eating or crying)? Not to mention the fact that you have to get close to a mirror to put on eyeliner and that is impossible when your belly sticks out 3 feet. Also, maternity clothes do not come in emo. They are all pink and have flowers. Or cute little sayings like "Baby on board". They are a reason unto themselves not to get pregnant.

I was surprised that the article said that it was no surprise that animals get less anxious after sex and went as far as saying that it's proven by science, yet it didn't say why...

Here's why (Warning, Trueposer alert)

Let's start with women since they're less complicated in this department.

Sex in general releases endorphins and other feel good chemicals during the act and if the female reaches orgasm then dopamine comes into the picture. Dopamine is the same chemical released that gives you that rush when you do heroin. It's important in the whole feel well rounded area.

Dopamine is found commonly after sex or during / after eating a meal. It is a reward hormone basically designed by evolution to make us want to keep doing those two things more often.

If the woman / girl is having unprotected sex then she can get another blast of dopamine from the man's semen. Yes our spunk contains magic stuff that makes for what people call "After Glow" in girls.
Basically when the semen seeps into the vaginal cavity (made possible from both the porous nature of the tissue and because from the fact that semen also has a corrosive substance as part of it's makeup, it's akin to bleach actually, which by the way gives sperm that weird bleach taste sometimes)

So if the girl has unprotected sex AND reaches orgasm then she's in for one hell of an afterglow. That's probably the best time to ask her to cook you something seeing as she's in a good mood for once.

With guys all sorts of things happen.

For one, it's the man that generally puts all of the exertion into the sexual act (I know, I know, this varies.) and it's frankly exhausting.
Also that teamed up with the fact that most sex acts are commited at night. People are generally pretty sleepy then anyways.

For the reason we get tired though comes from the fact that when men ejaculate and have orgasm all sorts of chemicals are released, as opposed to females.
Chemicals and hormones such as norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, nitric oxide (NO), and the hormone prolactin.

Prolactin is the one that makes guys feel sexually satisfied and puts them into rest mode for a while. It's the stuff responsible for the fact that you can't get it up again for like another ten / fifteen minutes (Again this varies)

It's also one of the chemicals that aids in sleep.

These are not the only reasons people mellow out with an active sex life. Other explainations include the fact that the release of sex itself is very calming.

If you want to get scientific though you could say that the act of sex reduces the testosterone levels in both men and women. Yes women have this man juice too.
It also spikes estrogen levels in women and somewhat in men. Again even men have this one too. This is why there are stories of men lactating during the presence of a baby.

In short:

Lower testosterone = lower aggression.

More estrogen = more maternal and less aggressive.

I hope I was both entertaining and informative. Thank you and until next time, just don't do it. Cocaine is a bad drug and it only leads to trouble.

As a Doctor and a Scientist. I'm wondering why you have been tasting bleach?

I tried to commit suicide when I was younger drinking the crap. Also seeing that almost all of your tasting abilities come from your nose one can say that spooge tastes like bleach smells.

What I forgot to mention in my little essay type thinger was that the seratonin and norapranephren (sorry I do not have a spell check on my phone...) are both MAOI's and very effective (if not the two most important feel good chemicals) antidepressants.

So in effect, an active sex life can in theory keep a good amount of anti anxiety and antidepressant hormones flowing through your system with regular activity.

And who doesn't love being happy and feeling content? For all you naturalists out there I suppose I just offered a very good alternative to happy pills.

As a Doctor and a Scientist, I find the idea of drinking bleach to be medically unsound.

So... I'm pregnant?

In my professional opinion, Yes, yes you are. Congratulations.

I'm wondering what he's pregnant with? I'm thinking:

I hope I was both entertaining and informative. Thank you and until next time, just don't do it. Cocaine is a bad drug and it only leads to trouble. -Markus Spamner

I may have to come back to this thread with pictures of me in, ahem, full emo garb and nine months pregnant, and if I can't find any of me I am sure I have some of my sister lying around.

Also. Don't do cocaine.

Those two statements are completely unrelated, btw. I seems like I should mention that.