ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cuttlefish
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Movie : 15th oct 2015 lecture 5 the sex contract. If they have children in monogamy they will take care of the kids together. Mountain goats males and females live apart most of the year. Males snif the females to ind out who is interested. Can only raise a few in her lifetime. Males don"t stay around, they mate with as many as possible. He hast to woe the female, he needs to win her afection and trust even when she is not ovulating so that the female can let him have more kids. The females groom the male to show sign of acceptance and friendship, Females encourage the males to stay by grooming them back. Choosing females makes males compete with other males. Girafe do necking, they display dominance by their standing heads. The winner shall mate with all the females in the looser doesn"t. Snakes: one forces the others head to the ground and wins.
