Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me… After Sex
A recent study finds that after sex, the female fruit fly would rather do some light housework rather than cuddle. This is good news for male fruit flies, who don’t have to come up with tired lines such as “I’ve got an early morning meeting” to get out of spending the night.
Conducted by the University of Leeds, the study finds that females skip the snooze to get in on some extra foraging as well as searching for places to lay her eggs (and what woman doesn’t!). Just like humans, female fruit flies just can’t sleep after a good romp in the hay. While women are high on serotonin, female flies are subjected to a chemical or ‘sex peptide’ produced by males, which inhibits the female’s sleep and gives her the idea that her time would be better spent cleaning house. Men everywhere are hoping this study’s breakthrough research will propel drug companies to harvest the chemical and inject it into an after-sex cigarette product.
