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Tag: Mating

Adaptations Biology Cephalopods Evolution Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms

Pygmy Squids Females Favor Small Males and Fast Copulation

Dr. M December 5, 2013 body sizecoituscopulationcrypticfemaleMatingpygmy squidsquid

Females of some species in the wild may not be able to prevent unwanted sex with males. In many crustaceans, males forcibly mate with females…

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Adaptations Cephalopods Fish Mating & Reproduction Organisms

10 Ocean Species That Challenge Gender Role Stereotypes

Dr. M February 3, 2013 femaleGendergender rolemaleMatingsexsterotypes

1. Seahorses-Males Giving Birth Th example might be an obvious one but worth the mention.  Male seahorses possess a pouch on their frontside, similar to kangaroos.  During…

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Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Pictures and Movies

TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.

Kevin Zelnio January 13, 2012 flatwormsMatingpenis fencingReproduction

“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.

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Mating & Reproduction

A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating

Kevin Zelnio December 18, 2011 Matingmating behaviorPortunid CrabPortunus pelagicusReproductionswimming crab

Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.

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Cephalopods Coral Mating & Reproduction

Your Friday Cuttlefish

RickMac September 23, 2011 Bow-Chicka-Wow-WowGettin' It OnMatingsex

A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, passed along this great footage he captured of some randy cuttlefish on the reefs at the Wakatobi Dive…

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Mating & Reproduction Organisms Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Green Porno with Isabella Rossellini

Dr. M May 22, 2009 Green PornoIsabella RosselliniMatingReproductionsexSex WeekSundance Channel

Below is all of Season 2 of Green Porno.  All of Season 1 and behind the scenes videos can be seen at the Sundance Channel.…

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Mating & Reproduction Organisms

“Sleezy” sponge sexuality

Dr. M May 18, 2009 Amanda KahnfertilizationgonadhermaphroditeMatingoocytePoriferaReproductionsexSex Weeksmoking spongesspermsponge

Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of…

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Mating & Reproduction Organisms

The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN

Dr. M May 17, 2009 breeding sitebrittle starChris MahfertilizationJapanMatingOphiodaphneReproductionsandollarsSea of JapansexSex WeekspawnTsuruga Bay

Post from Chris Mah, purveyor of all echinoderm.  Dr. Christopher Mah is a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.  He…

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Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Organisms

Sex For Flatworms is Both Love and War

Dr. M March 19, 2009 daggerfencingflatwormlovemateMatingNSFWPenisReproductionsexspermswordwarworm

From the video, “It’s known as penis fencing, and the worms are the swordsmen” Potentially NSFW if having the word the penis said a dozen…

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Mating & Reproduction New Research Organisms

Environment Shapes Barnacle Penis

Kevin Zelnio June 17, 2008 BarnacleBest of ZelnioHermaphroditesLong IslandMatingNew YorkPenisReproductionRocky IntertidalSeasonalitySemibalanusSessileSex Allocation TheoryTrade-OffsWave Exposure

Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…

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