Weapons, dances—and murder? Inside the wild world of bug courtship
Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...
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10 American Animals Have the Most Bizarre Mating Rituals!
In the wild, love is anything but ordinary! Some American animals use elaborate dances, bizarre gifts, and even wrestling matches to win over a mate. From the flashing fireflies to the drumming ...
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Westminster’s Butterfly Pavilion explores wild world of bug romance through Valentine’s Day events
Later this month for Valentine’s Day, the Butterfly Pavilion invertebrate zoo is hosting its annual Romance is Wild exhibit, ...
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The ‘king of birds’ dresses the part when pursuing a mate
More than 3,300 exist in the wild in the Western Himalaya ... and its habitat is fragmented. Witnessing a mating call is one thing—an actual mating, quite another. It’s sometimes glimpsed ...
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The Creative Way the Pufferfish Attracts a Mate
The more we learn about the animals we share the planet with ... It’s the elaborate way a male pufferfish attracts a mate. When a male pufferfish decides it’s time to mate, he begins to ...
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Tale of the Peacock:
But why does she think he is good looking? Scientists, stumped by that question throughout the animal ... the wild than offspring of birds with fewer eyespots. This way of choosing a mate is ...