mating ritual

Touching was a very important part of the mating ritual.

I saw her, and him also, engaged in their mating ritual.

Many spiders will be going through their mating rituals now.

I'm just not ready to face the mating rituals again."

Therefore true age remained an important factor in the mating ritual.

The child was conceived during some sort of mating ritual?"

So this was what the human mating ritual was like.

A smiling couple oblivious to the rest of us, as they played at the mating ritual.

No mating rituals are shown or discussed in the films.

Why there had to be so many subtleties to the human mating ritual.

Grant knew animals often performed such mating rituals for hours at a time.

"Fire is a part of the mating ritual of her kind."

But it was not until the last year that their mating rituals began to synchronize.

If this was research on the mating rituals of ants I wouldn't care.

An alternate theory has to do with mating rituals and sexual selection.

The passion for adventure sports has even changed mating rituals in the region.

The mating ritual itself is often time-consuming, complicated and risky.

Drosophila are by no means the only insects which have mating rituals.

Our new friend asked what her interests were and Susan said she was really interested in studying mating rituals.

Either that or it was some peculiar female mating ritual his mother had neglected to tell him about.

Instead of asking people about their mate preferences, scientists can now watch mating rituals in real time.

The sail may also have been used in mating rituals and to warn off other predators.

"You'll be happy to know I've been studying primitive mating rituals, hoping to help you with your problem."

That whole primitive mating ritual bit would play just as well in Tahiti, you know.

Many animals, including humans, use gestures to initiate a mating ritual.