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- From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
- Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am wome
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- References: <Bxvt4w.LC6@access.digex.com> <1992Nov18.001055.254@sol.UVic.CA>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:46:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.001055.254@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
- >In article LC6@access.digex.com, huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
- >>Here are some numbers. The average duration of human copulation is about
- >>four minutes. This compares quite favorably to our close cousins, the
- >>chimpanzee and gorilla, who clock in at about one minute. However, our
- >>more distant cousin, the orangutan, manages about twenty minutes on average.
- >>(Orangs also prefer to copulate in the trees rather than on the ground.)
- >>Among mammals, though, the record-holder is some rodent at twelve hours!
- >
- >Four minutes? Only if you go like a rabbit.
- >Slow down...Enjoy! :+)
-
- Well, I knew the risks of posting an average (I suspect it was a median
- rather than a mean) value. The point to remember is that there is probably
- no datum with a negative value and the highest value could be much higher
- than four minutes.
-
- -- Herb Huston
- -- huston@access.digex.com
-