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Squatlo Bob

@squatlobob.bsky.social

1 week ago

When dad comes in with carry-out, mom's always happy!

A lot of this sort of thing going on around here, now. Bluebird mating behavior is fun to watch!

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

3 months ago

Videos Show Hummingbirds Jousting Like Medieval Knights in Rare Mating The sharp, elongated bills of green hermit hummingbirds aren’t just fine-tuned for feeding; they also allow males to joust like knights over mates

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Wild Sown

@wildsown.bsky.social

5 months ago

‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome Menage a trois over in 110 seconds and ‘then the males lost all their energy and lay immobile on the bottom’, marine biologist Dr Hugo Lassauce says

‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome

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Wild Sown

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5 months ago

‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome

Menage a trois over in 110 seconds and ‘then the males lost all their energy and lay immobile on the bottom’, marine biologist Dr Hugo Lassauce says […]

ScienceHumor.io

@sciencehumor-io.bsky.social

6 months ago

The Ultimate Biological Peace Treaty

The Ultimate Biological Peace Treaty

#Evolution #Insects #Biology #Matingbehavior #Territorialbehavior

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Mary Batten

@marybattenauthor.bsky.social

7 months ago

How To Have Sex If You're Not Human Despite all our love songs and romantic fantasies, reproduction is the name of the game in biology. All forms of life are genetically programmed to reproduce. Nothing is off limits so long as it produ...

Throughout the animal kingdom, from fruit flies to humans, females choose which males will mate. As a result, almost all females mate but not all males do.
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Mary Batten

@marybattenauthor.bsky.social

7 months ago

How To Have Sex If You're Not Human Despite all our love songs and romantic fantasies, reproduction is the name of the game in biology. All forms of life are genetically programmed to reproduce. Nothing is off limits so long as it produ...

No wonder females are the choosy sex. In human terms, a one-night stand for a man can result in a 20-year investment for a woman.
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Mary Batten

@marybattenauthor.bsky.social

7 months ago

How To Have Sex If You're Not Human Despite all our love songs and romantic fantasies, reproduction is the name of the game in biology. All forms of life are genetically programmed to reproduce. Nothing is off limits so long as it produ...

Sex is fraught with tensions, not the kind rooted in romantic fantasy but basic biological conflicts of interest. From my book. Last days of sale.
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Mary Batten

@marybattenauthor.bsky.social

8 months ago

How To Have Sex If You're Not Human Despite all our love songs and romantic fantasies, reproduction is the name of the game in biology. All forms of life are genetically programmed to reproduce. Nothing is off limits so long as it produ...

For many males that have no parenting role, sex is fatal. Consider the male honeybee, whose first copulation is also his last.
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