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The fallow deer (Dama dama) is an ungulate which employs an unusual strategy for mating during the rut. This strategy is the creation of a lek , a display area presented to the females where the males gather and allow the females to choose a mate based upon their traits alone while reducing predation risk, disturbance to copulation, parasite ...
Red deer mating in Richmond Park juvenile. Female red deer reach sexual maturity at 2 years of age. [43] Red deer mating patterns usually involve a dozen or more mating attempts before the first successful one. There may be several more matings before the stag will seek out another mate in his harem.
During the breeding season males will make calls to attract mates and compete with other males. Like antler size, mating call quality is an indicator of mate potential. Red deer can distinguish the calls of the males in their harem, others and their offspring. [16]
The autumn months align with deer mating season. When the days start to shorten, bucks naturally begin producing more testosterone. Their necks get thicker and they chase females with abandon ...
A lower-cost alternative mating strategy, useful to bachelors without a harem, is kleptogyny (from Greek klepto-"stealing" and -gyny "female"), where a male sneaks in to mate while the harem owner is distracted: in the case of red deer, when the harem stag is involved in a fight with another older stag.
Giraffes in Kenya; giraffes have been called "especially gay" for engaging in male-male sexual behavior more often than male-female (heterosexual) sex. [1] [2]This is a list of animals for which there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior.
Deer-crashes have been rising drastically in Massachusetts for the past two years. Here's why that's happening, and how to prevent the accidents. Deer mating season spikes deer-vehicle traffic ...
Given that the utilization of alternative mating strategies has been shown to fluctuate over time, it has been suggested that frequency or negative frequency-dependent selection is the mechanism through which alternative mating strategies are maintained in animal populations. [5] Fitness payoffs of varying mating strategies in relation to status.