The courtship of animalsDiscusses the aim of courtship and courtship rituals of various birds, reptiles, fish, mammals, insects and spiders.Selsam, Millicent EResearch
For Valentine's Day, Live Science gathers together some of the more extravagant and outlandish courtship rituals in the animal kingdom.
INFRARED cameras have captured a fascinating insight into the courtship rituals of pandas in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. FOOTAGE has revealed adult pandas smelling trees for scent before climbing on to their hind legs and urinating on the trunk of a t...
[noncount]:the behavior of animals that leads to sexual activity or the period of time when such behavior occurs The male of the species often displays aggression duringcourtship. —often used before another noun courtshipbehavior courtshipdisplays/rituals ...
A ‘lek’ is an aggregation of males gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals, to entice visiting females who are surveying prospective partners to mate with (Fiske et al., 1998). Males of ‘lekking’ species are characterized by highly developed and spectacular mating ...
The courtship rituals of insects are rich and robust. In Drosophila, the most obvious mating behavior is the courtship display of the male: Orientation, tapping, wing vibration, licking, and copulation; female mating behavior is more subtle (Hall, 1994; Fig. 2). This stereotyped behavior is ...
Related topics:Animalscourt‧ship/ˈkɔːt-ʃɪp$ˈkɔːrt-/noun1[countable, uncountable]the period of time during which a man and woman have aromanticrelationshipbeforemarrying2[uncountable]specialbehaviourused by animals toattracteach other forsexcourtship rituals ...
Being in love can make people do the strangest things. It just goes to show that animals aren’t the only ones capable of exhibitingbizarre courting behavior—not by a long shot. In the tradition of Valentine’s Day, let’s look at some cultures around the world—and the crazy stuff peo...
a good deal of work goes into finding a suitable mate. Females can be fickle, with such a wealth of insect bachelors from which to choose. If a male stands a chance at passing on his genes, he's got to do something to stand out in the crowd. Courtship rituals in insect mating inclu...
aWITH the same ethological methods they have long used in studies of animals, scientists are turning their attention to the nuances of human courtship rituals -- otherwise known as flirting 以他们在动物的同样ethological方法,科学家的研究长期使用了转动他们的对人的求爱仪式细微差异的注意 -- 否则通认...