In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract...
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Sexual intercourse (redirect from Copulation)
called copulation, and sperm may be introduced into the female's reproductive tract in non-vaginal ways among the animals, such as by cloacal copulation. For...
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dictionary. Intromission may refer to: Sexual intercourse (colloquial) Copulation (zoology) Intromission theory, a theory of visual perception Vicious intromission...
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Sexual coercion among animals (redirect from Forced copulation)
and force copulation. In pigs and boars, males grab females and maneuver the pelvis to lift the vaginal opening and facilitate copulation. The stimulation...
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series audio play Breeding, Kentucky, a town in the United States Copulation (zoology) Good breeding (disambiguation) Hybrid (biology), breeding between...
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Nautilus (redirect from Nautilus (zoology))
into the spadix, which delivers spermatophores into the female during copulation. The tentacle is composed of two distinct structures: the first structure...
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Non-reproductive sexual behavior in animals (redirect from Interspecific copulation)
length of the time that the penis is licked and the duration of copulation. Post copulation genital grooming has also been observed. The presence of same-sex...
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observed attempting to copulate with the dead sand martins. This occurred one to two months after the breeding season; since copulation outside the breeding...
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Animal sexual behaviour (section Copulation)
reproductively motivated, it is often termed mating or copulation; for most non-human mammals, mating and copulation occur at oestrus (the most fertile period in...
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placental mammals and marsupials also urinate. This organ is used during copulation in many vertebrate and invertebrate species, but not all. The term penis...
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Cannibalism (redirect from Cannibalism in zoology)
consumption of the male by the female individual before, during or after copulation. Other forms of cannibalism include size-structured cannibalism and intrauterine...
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Fox (redirect from Fox (zoology))
vulpes (red fox)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-30. Macdonald...
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the males and are used as holdfasts or to stimulate the female during copulation. The term spur is sometimes used to describe the pelvic spur, vestigial...
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Slug (redirect from Slug (zoology))
such as Limax maximus, secrete slime cords to suspend a pair during copulation. Slugs are hermaphrodites, having both female and male reproductive organs...
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Rhea (bird) (redirect from Rhea (zoology))
and forth in a figure eight. Finally, a female may offer herself, and copulation will commence. During the non-breeding season they may form flocks of...
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Pholcus phalangioides (section Copulation)
males are only allowed to engage in copulation for a few minutes. On the other hand, first males are able to copulate for anywhere between 16 and 122 minutes...
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from behind. This semaphore display communicates that both are ready for copulation. Flies belonging to the genus Megaselia also show such behaviour. Contrary...
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Mating plug (redirect from Copulation plug)
A mating plug, also known as a copulation plug, vaginal plug, sperm plug, or sphragis (Latin, from Ancient Greek: σφραγίς sphragis, "a seal"), is a gelatinous...
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Copulative may refer to: Copula (linguistics), a part of speech Copulation (zoology), the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals...
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a mature animal of the same species. Animal infanticide is studied in zoology, specifically in the field of ethology. Ovicide is the analogous destruction...
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Needham's sac opens into the left side of the mantle cavity. During copulation of some cephalopod species, the hectocotylus transfers the spermatophore...
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Echidna (redirect from Echidna (zoology))
semen into the female's two-branched reproductive tract. Each time it copulates, it alternates heads in sets of two. When not in use, the penis is retracted...
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visible sex organs. In general zoology, given the great variety in organs, physiologies, and behaviors involved in copulation, male genitalia are more strictly...
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dances) had longer copulation duration than males with undesirable traits. In A. keyserlingi and Nephila edulis females allow longer copulation duration and...
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been extensively studied; a limited number of observations suggest that copulation, lasting nearly four minutes on an average, begins with the male smelling...
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in copulation for extended periods of time. In some cases, another male may approach and run off the first male. He will climb onto her to copulate, as...
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to two copulations. Levi suggests that the embolus, found on the pedipalp and involved in sperm transfer, may become damaged during copulation, preventing...
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Pinniped (redirect from Seal (zoology))
function in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)". Journal of Zoology. 178 (3): 341–364. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1976.tb02274.x. Riedman 1990...
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during copulation. In some species, the hectocotylus breaks off inside the female's mantle cavity; in others, it can be used repeatedly to copulate with...
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escape during copulation and call constantly. Copulation ranges from 30 to 70 seconds on average. Males do not release females until copulation ends, and...
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