mating
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Researchers observed that T. sesama appears to spend its life focused on just four main activities: feeding, searching, mating, and laying eggs.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
His doctoral thesis involved years watching the aggressive mating dance of the 10-spined stickleback.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The cam has followed Jackie and Shadow, who have been mating since 2018, and made the birds worldwide celebrities and regular fixtures of morning TV shows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Males die within months after mating while female giant Pacific octopuses lay tens of thousands of eggs and then enter senescence, caring and protecting the eggs until death.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
I began to pay attention to the mating dance of adoption.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
