Mating Behaviour
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- Created on: 09-03-14 14:03
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- Mating Behaviour
- Frogs, whales and birds make a song or call to attract a mate. It is usually the male who makes the call to attract the females
- Chemical: Pheromones (sexual attractants)
- Females who produce the chemical to be detected by a male who can follow the trail
- E.g. Moths use pheromones
- Females who produce the chemical to be detected by a male who can follow the trail
- Male deers fight each other and only the winner gets to mate
- Instead of real fighting, the fights often involve displays, which indicates strength
- Courtship displays involve the males doing a special display to impress the female
- E.g. exaggerated posturing, dancing and showing brightly coloured parts of the anatomy
- Courtship displays are species-specific, so the female knows she is mating with the right species
- Often a link between the impressiveness of the display and the fertility of the male
- Courtship displays are species-specific, so the female knows she is mating with the right species
- E.g. exaggerated posturing, dancing and showing brightly coloured parts of the anatomy
- Most animals have more than one mate
- In most species, the male takes no part in the birth/care for the young - he'll then go off and mate with other females during the same mating season
- Some birds, the male will mate with one female one season and not the same one from year to year
- Some mammals, a male may have a group of females which he mates with them all. The females are known as his 'harem'
- Monogamy (staying with just one mate): e.g. birds and mammals
- Frogs, whales and birds make a song or call to attract a mate. It is usually the male who makes the call to attract the females
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