The Bruce Effect

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2017, 05:08 PM

The Bruce effect, or pregnancy block, is the tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male.

The effect was first noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce, and has primarily been studied in laboratory mice (Mus musculus). In mice, pregnancy can only be terminated prior to embryo implantation, but other species will interrupt even a late-term pregnancy.

The Bruce effect is also observed in deer-mice, meadow voles, collared lemmings, geladas, and it has also been proposed, but not confirmed, in other non-rodent species such as the lion.

BigV · 03-01-2017, 07:58 PM

weirdest vanity search result evar.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2017, 09:15 PM

I got an email from a guy in Texas, "if they start crackin' down on abortion again, you could be very popular

haha, can't help picturing you walking through a lamaze class and babies hittin' the floor left and right."

A vanity search for Bruce gives you 375,000,000 hits and none of them are me.

Mountain Mule · 03-01-2017, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I got an email from a guy in Texas, "if they start crackin' down on abortion again, you could be very popular

haha, can't help picturing you walking through a lamaze class and babies hittin' the floor left and right."

A vanity search for Bruce gives you 375,000,000 hits and none of them are me.

Well, at least that nice fellow in Texas thought about you.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2017, 11:24 PM

He's originally from NJ and went there with Bell Labs. He has a really twisted sense of humor... which tickles my fancy.

Griff · 03-02-2017, 05:52 AM

...and he's got your number.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2017, 10:14 AM

You should see the video cartoon he did of me onstage in Vegas... naked.

BigV · 03-02-2017, 03:18 PM

Naked cartoonists are hot.

03-01-2017, 05:08 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Bruce Effect The Bruce effect, or pregnancy block, is the tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male. The effect was first noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce, and has primarily been studied in laboratory mice (Mus musculus). In mice, pregnancy can only be terminated prior to embryo implantation, but other species will interrupt even a late-term pregnancy. The Bruce effect is also observed in deer-mice, meadow voles, collared lemmings, geladas, and it has also been proposed, but not confirmed, in other non-rodent species such as the lion. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-01-2017, 07:58 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	weirdest vanity search result evar. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-01-2017, 09:15 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I got an email from a guy in Texas, "if they start crackin' down on abortion again, you could be very popular haha, can't help picturing you walking through a lamaze class and babies hittin' the floor left and right." A vanity search for Bruce gives you 375,000,000 hits and none of them are me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-01-2017, 11:24 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He's originally from NJ and went there with Bell Labs. He has a really twisted sense of humor... which tickles my fancy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-02-2017, 05:52 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	...and he's got your number. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-02-2017, 10:14 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You should see the video cartoon he did of me onstage in Vegas... naked. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-02-2017, 03:18 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Naked cartoonists are hot. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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