In case anyone needs a break from GG:

This marsupial has marathon sex until it goes blind and drops dead http://t.co/ZpKNCzpgxN pic.twitter.com/P50VP9oXQR

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 3, 2014

Males relentlessly bound from partner to partner, as massive hormone releases in their bodies cause their immune systems to crash and their fur to fall out. They bleed internally. Some males even go blind, yet still stumble around the leaf litter hoping for one last tryst. In a few short weeks, every single male lies dead, leaving the females to raise their offspring. And so it seems that in perpetually dangerous Australia, even the sex can kill you. […]

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And with that, I’m out for the night. Later, lizards.