Interpretation: Used in play or feeding; heard in
females after copulation.
Not exact matches
I feel like the male spider that
after copulation the
female spider eats him.
Female baboons get vocal to keep a good mate around
after copulation, new research suggests.
The male dies immediately
after transferring its sperm packet to the
female with its palp, a segmented appendage that is used in feeding and
copulation; the insertion causes the male's heartbeat to stop almost instantly.
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].