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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??shot from the end of a bed with two people's feet sticking out under the duvet; there's a window behind the bed showing a wintry snowy scene

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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??shot from the end of a bed with two people's feet sticking out under the duvet; there's a window behind the bed showing a wintry snowy scene
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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??

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Cockroach Pairs That Bond Through Cannibalism Are Aggressive To Other Individuals And Won't Stray From Their MatesTwo cockroaches with one of the wings missing on the right hand indiviudal

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Cockroach Pairs That Bond Through Cannibalism Are Aggressive To Other Individuals And Won't Stray From Their MatesTwo cockroaches with one of the wings missing on the right hand indiviudal
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Cockroach Pairs That Bond Through Cannibalism Are Aggressive To Other Individuals And Won't Stray From Their Mates

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Beluga Whales Use Promiscuity To Keep An Isolated Population HealthyA pod of beluga whales offers few clues about their mating system, but genetics reveals some surprises

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Beluga Whales Use Promiscuity To Keep An Isolated Population HealthyA pod of beluga whales offers few clues about their mating system, but genetics reveals some surprises
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Beluga Whales Use Promiscuity To Keep An Isolated Population Healthy

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How To Attract A Mate The White-Tailed Way: With Ultraviolet Glowing Urinemale white-tailed deer

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How To Attract A Mate The White-Tailed Way: With Ultraviolet Glowing Urinemale white-tailed deer
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How To Attract A Mate The White-Tailed Way: With Ultraviolet Glowing Urine

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How Monogamous Are Humans Vs. Other Mammals? Somewhere Between Beavers And Meerkats, Apparentlyclose-up of a couple holding hands

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How Monogamous Are Humans Vs. Other Mammals? Somewhere Between Beavers And Meerkats, Apparentlyclose-up of a couple holding hands
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How Monogamous Are Humans Vs. Other Mammals? Somewhere Between Beavers And Meerkats, Apparently

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At Last, We May Finally Have A Way To Tell Female Dinosaurs From MalesHadrosaur vertebrae displaying sexual injuries

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At Last, We May Finally Have A Way To Tell Female Dinosaurs From MalesHadrosaur vertebrae displaying sexual injuries
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At Last, We May Finally Have A Way To Tell Female Dinosaurs From Males

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Do Bees Really “Explode” When They Mate? Yes, Yes They Doan ejaculated drone

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Do Bees Really “Explode” When They Mate? Yes, Yes They Doan ejaculated drone
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Do Bees Really “Explode” When They Mate? Yes, Yes They Do

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In World First Sighting, Saucy Leopard Sharks Caught Having "Threesome" On SeafloorTwo male leopard sharks hold onto a female by her pectoral fins on the bottom of the seafloor.

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In World First Sighting, Saucy Leopard Sharks Caught Having "Threesome" On SeafloorTwo male leopard sharks hold onto a female by her pectoral fins on the bottom of the seafloor.
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In World First Sighting, Saucy Leopard Sharks Caught Having "Threesome" On Seafloor

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Meet Ned: The Lonely Lefty Snail Looking For Lovea snail on the edge of a clear pot with antennas in the air

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Meet Ned: The Lonely Lefty Snail Looking For Lovea snail on the edge of a clear pot with antennas in the air
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Meet Ned: The 1-In-40,000 Lonely Lefty Snail Looking For Love

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Freaky Ratfish Have Teeth Growing Out Of Their Foreheads, And They Use Them For Lovespotted ratfish with tenaculum being held above a tank

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Freaky Ratfish Have Teeth Growing Out Of Their Foreheads, And They Use Them For Lovespotted ratfish with tenaculum being held above a tank
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Freaky Ratfish Have Teeth Growing Out Of Their Foreheads, And They Use Them For Love

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Watch First-Ever Footage Of A Black Jaguar Mating In The WildBlack jaguar and spotted jaguar filmed mating in wild for first time

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Watch First-Ever Footage Of A Black Jaguar Mating In The WildBlack jaguar and spotted jaguar filmed mating in wild for first time
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Watch First-Ever Footage Of A Black Jaguar Mating In The Wild

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Beneath Antarctica’s Sea Ice, Leopard Seals Sing Nursery Rhymes In Search Of LoveLeopard seal on Antarctic ice

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Beneath Antarctica’s Sea Ice, Leopard Seals Sing Nursery Rhymes In Search Of LoveLeopard seal on Antarctic ice
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Beneath Antarctica’s Sea Ice, Leopard Seals Sing Nursery Rhymes In Search Of Love

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Dancing Dinosaurs May Have Used Site In Colorado As “Largest Lekking Arena In The World”acrocanthosaurus in an ancient forest

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Dancing Dinosaurs May Have Used Site In Colorado As “Largest Lekking Arena In The World”acrocanthosaurus in an ancient forest
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Dancing Dinosaurs May Have Used Site In Colorado As “Largest Lekking Arena In The World”

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Why It’s So Damn Hard To Tell The Sex Of A DinosaurDinosaur with eggs

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Why It’s So Damn Hard To Tell The Sex Of A DinosaurDinosaur with eggs
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Why It’s So Damn Hard To Tell The Sex Of A Dinosaur

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Divorce Doesn’t Hurt The Children – At Least If They’re BirdsYou wouldn't expect a bird to thrive with one parent out of the picture, but somehow Seychelles warblers manage.

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Divorce Doesn’t Hurt The Children – At Least If They’re BirdsYou wouldn't expect a bird to thrive with one parent out of the picture, but somehow Seychelles warblers manage.
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Divorce Doesn’t Hurt The Children – At Least If They’re Birds

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