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  2. The Creative Way the Pufferfish Attracts a Mate - AOL

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    Watch the Video. Click here to watch on YouTube ... In the world of animals, it can be hard to be a male looking for a mate. Some animals, such as lions, need beautiful, full manes to attract females.

  3. 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.

  4. Copulation (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is an aspect of mating . Many aquatic animals use external fertilization , whereas internal fertilization may have developed from a need to maintain gametes in a liquid ...

  5. Female copulatory vocalizations - Wikipedia

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    A female that uses vocalizations after copulating with her mate attracts other males, with whom she is also likely to engage in multiple acts of mating. [19] As a consequence male mates provide non-genetic benefits, such as food, to the female they mated with. [27] Such vocalization-facilitated promiscuity heightens the female's reproductive ...

  6. Two Male Humpback Whales Caught 'Mating' for the First Time - AOL

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    This isn't the first time that same-sex behavior has been observed by animals. Monkeys, penguins, and dolphins have been known to engage in same-sex mating too. There's so much more to learn from ...

  7. Mating - Wikipedia

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    For animals, mating strategies include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool. In some birds, it includes behaviors such as nest -building and feeding offspring. The human practice of mating and artificially inseminating domesticated animals is part of animal husbandry .

  8. Courtship display - Wikipedia

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    A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display. These behaviors often include ritualized movement (" dances "), vocalizations , mechanical sound production, or displays of beauty, strength, or agonistic ability .

  9. Sexual coercion among animals - Wikipedia

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    Sexual coercion among animals is the use of violence, threats, harassment, and other tactics to help them forcefully copulate. [1] Such behavior has been compared to sexual assault , including rape , among humans.