Sentences with phrase «after copulation»

Female baboons get vocal to keep a good mate around after copulation, new research suggests.

The research focused on two related species of vole: prairie voles, which are about as close as mammals get to being monogamous, and meadow voles, which express little interest in each other after copulation.

FROM THE STANDPOINT of biology, males have nothing to do after copulation.

Researchers noticed, for example, that certain flies engage in courtship displays only after copulation has begun, perhaps as a way to get the female to favor a male's sperm over that of his competitors.

Female praying mantises are the poster child of dangerous sex, thanks to their predilection for biting off their mates» heads immediately after copulation (watch a video)-- but many seemingly mild - mannered creatures can also be pretty violent in their sex lives.

In these organs, sperm can remain viable for weeks or months, or can be displaced by the sperm of a new suitor as the female remates.JOHN BELOTE, MOLLIE MANIER, AND SCOTT PITNICKVISUALIZING SPERM WARS Though it is difficult to see what goes on inside a female fruit fly after copulation, recent genetic advances have allowed scientists to image sperm competition inside storage organs — the seminal receptacle and spermathecae — of female Drosophila melanogaster.

Shuddering behaviour may also mediate female aggressive behaviour, with males that generate long shudders less likely to be cannibalised after copulation.

However, our understanding of reproductive behaviour in internal fertilizers has been revolutionized by the realization that females often copulate with more than one male, providing the scope for sexual selection to continue after copulation [2].

Interpretation: Used in play or feeding; heard in females after copulation.

But even so, it's not like the males don't ask for it; they actually flip themselves into their mate's mouths after copulation!

After copulation, sperm begin to escape from this so - called spermatophore and slither along the skin to the sexual opening and the eggs that lie within.

Do the same biases hold true for descriptions of sexual cannibalism, in which one sexual partner eats the other immediately before, during, or after copulation?

Male Darwin's bark spider use genital lubrication and binding to stop their mates from eating them after copulation