LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

As most of you should have known, male pregnancy is ubiquitous in the fish family of Syngnathidae, which includes species such as pipefishes, seahorse and sea dragons. It is also the only family in the animal kingdom to exhibit such characteristics. Seahorses Read More...

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When it comes to mate selection and mating, stereotypical images often portray females as being the choosier sex who play hard to get. Males, on the other hand, are "usually persistent" and always “in the mood”. Males tend to mate more as they want to Read More...