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Wild sex : the science behind mating in the animal kingdom / Dr. Carin Bondar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: xv, 366 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681771663
  • 1681771667
Uniform titles:
  • Nature of sex
Subject(s):
Contents:
Section one: The meet. Call me maybe ; A little chemical help ; What's your sign? ; Plastic partners ; SuperTramps ; Monogamy. Really? ; Trinkets and tokens ; I'll have what she's having ; Nice guys finish last ; Fool me once ; Secrets and lies ; Sex or sick? -- Section two: The sex. Ejaculate! ; May the best sperm win ; The last laugh : cryptic female choice ; When a boy is a girl too ; Sex thy self ; The big O ; Bestiality ; Queer as fauna ; Sexual coercion ; Cannibalistic females and the males that love them ; Chastity belts ; Fifty shades of BDSM in the animal kingdom ; Give the penis a bone ; Girls with boy bits ; Transvestites ; STIs -- Section three: The aftermath. Plastic parents ; Go ask your dad ; Extreme lactation ; Set yourself up for success ; Take my kids. No really, TAKE THEM! ; You should not kill a child ; Child abuse ; Siblicide ; Clutch piracy ; Arrested development ; Tired old ladies and dirty old men ; Grandmamas -- Postscript -- Prefixes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index TK [i.e. to come].
Summary: Bondar examines the sex lives of our animal cousins, which are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, and often violent. They involve razor sharp penises, murderous cannibals, and chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes. Like us, animals must first find the perfect partner. You think we have it tough? Try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable or life-threatening conditions. Then, sperm and egg must successfully meet. Can you imagine doing this when your partner is intent on killing you or when other disgruntled singles are determined to throw you off your game?
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 591.562 B711 Available 33111008444438
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author's popular webseries "Wild Sex," which has received over 14 million views

Birds do it, bees do it -- every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue whales. But if you think humans have a tough time dating, try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable and life-threatening conditions. The animal kingdom is a wild place - and it's got mating habits to match. The sex lives of our animal cousins are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, often incredibly violent -- and absolutely fascinating.

In Wild Sex , Dr. Carin Bondar takes readers on an enthralling tour of the animal kingdom as she explores the diverse world of sex in the wild. She looks at the evolution of sexual organs (and how they've shaped social hierarchies), tactics of seduction, and the mechanics of sex. She investigates a wide range of topics, from whether animals experience pleasure from sex to what happens when females hold the reproductive power. Along the way, she encounters razor-sharp penises, murderous carnal cannibals, and spontaneous chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes.

The resulting book is titillating, exhilarating, amusing, petrifying, alluring -- and absolutely guaranteed to make you think about sex in a whole new way.

"August 2016"--Verso of title page.

"First published by The Orion Publishing Group as The nature of sex, London, 2015"--Verso of title page.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 303-366).

Section one: The meet. Call me maybe ; A little chemical help ; What's your sign? ; Plastic partners ; SuperTramps ; Monogamy. Really? ; Trinkets and tokens ; I'll have what she's having ; Nice guys finish last ; Fool me once ; Secrets and lies ; Sex or sick? -- Section two: The sex. Ejaculate! ; May the best sperm win ; The last laugh : cryptic female choice ; When a boy is a girl too ; Sex thy self ; The big O ; Bestiality ; Queer as fauna ; Sexual coercion ; Cannibalistic females and the males that love them ; Chastity belts ; Fifty shades of BDSM in the animal kingdom ; Give the penis a bone ; Girls with boy bits ; Transvestites ; STIs -- Section three: The aftermath. Plastic parents ; Go ask your dad ; Extreme lactation ; Set yourself up for success ; Take my kids. No really, TAKE THEM! ; You should not kill a child ; Child abuse ; Siblicide ; Clutch piracy ; Arrested development ; Tired old ladies and dirty old men ; Grandmamas -- Postscript -- Prefixes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index TK [i.e. to come].

Bondar examines the sex lives of our animal cousins, which are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, and often violent. They involve razor sharp penises, murderous cannibals, and chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes. Like us, animals must first find the perfect partner. You think we have it tough? Try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable or life-threatening conditions. Then, sperm and egg must successfully meet. Can you imagine doing this when your partner is intent on killing you or when other disgruntled singles are determined to throw you off your game?

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