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  2. Non-reproductive sexual behavior in animals - Wikipedia

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    e. Animal non-reproductive sexual behavior encompasses sexual activities that non-human animals participate in which do not lead to the reproduction of the species. Although procreation continues to be the primary explanation for sexual behavior in animals, recent observations on animal behavior have given alternative reasons for the engagement ...

  3. Horse breeding - Wikipedia

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    Horse breeding. Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses. Furthermore, modern breeding management and technologies can ...

  4. Animal sexual behaviour - Wikipedia

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    Many animal species have specific mating (or breeding) periods e.g. (seasonal breeding) so that offspring are born or hatch at an optimal time. In marine species with limited mobility and external fertilisation like corals , sea urchins and clams , the timing of the common spawning is the only externally visible form of sexual behaviour.

  5. Norman Thelwell - Wikipedia

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    Cartoonist, comic artist. Notable work. Penelope and Kipper. Norman Thelwell (3 May 1923 – 7 February 2004) was an English cartoonist well known for his humorous illustrations of ponies and horses. He was also active as a comic artist, drawing the series Penelope and Kipper.

  6. List of fictional dogs in animated television - Wikipedia

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    Jaren's dog; about a girl who travels back in time from the year 3010 to the 1980s to help her ancestors. Rantanplan generic Lucky Luke (French-Belgian) A prison guard dog; about a cowboy known to "shoot faster than his shadow". Reddy generic Ruff and Reddy: A stupid dog; about the adventures of a smart cat and a not-so-smart dog. Ren Chihuahua

  7. List of fictional dogs in animation - Wikipedia

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    A curious dog whose love of adventure makes crazy situations no problem for him. Don: Van Beuren Studios: A short statured dog who is the best buddy of Waffles the cat. Doxie Dachshund: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Dashshund: The second pet dog of Oswald after Elmer the great dane. Dougal: The Magic Roundabout

  8. Animal breeding - Wikipedia

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    Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior EBV in growth rate, egg, meat, milk, or wool production, or with other desirable traits has ...

  9. Mating - Wikipedia

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    Mating. Blue-tailed damselflies. (Ischnura elegans) mating. In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction. Fertilization is the fusion of two gametes. [1] Copulation is the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals for insemination and subsequent ...