Exciting animal mating habits
We all have our own tricks when it comes to finding love.
For animals, sex simply means spreading your genes as widely as possible. However, while courtship rituals are a means to an end, this does not mean that it is a simple process. Whether they are lifelong companions or simply for the breeding season, each species has evolved its own courtship secret.
African bullfrog
The mating rituals of african bullfrogs are complex and cruel. Young male African bullfrogs congregate in small pools of shallow water. The central area of these breeding pools is occupied by larger males, who chase smaller competitions. They can also fight each other, sometimes resulting in injuries or even death as the most dominant male tries to prevent other males from reproducing. A female swims to the herd in the breeding pool and avoids the smaller males outside by swimming below them to appear in the center of the bullfrog herd. She is now in the realm of one of the large dominant males who fought with others and subsequently mated with him.
Argus pheasant
Not many creatures can prepare their courtship stage as carefully as the male Argus pheasants in Southeast Asia. His impressive feathers, covered with monocular (eye mark), are noteworthy, so he found an area of about 6-7 square meters (72 square feet) in the lowland jungle. He prepares meticulously, clearing any forest fragments that might affect his performance, and then issues an "invitation" in the early morning, using special summons to attract women. When a woman accepts and joins his "arena," he will circle around her, trying to impress her with a stomping dance. It ends with a striking display where he creates a feather fan with his wings. If she appreciates dancing, they will mate.
Anglerfish
If you wish to have a gentle romantic story, look away now. Female anglerfish were first documented and studied in 1833, but for a long time no one knew what male anglerfish looked like. It wasn't until 1924 that biologists realized that the small fish hanging from the female anglerfish were actually her mating buddies, not her offspring as previously thought.
How does it work? You'd wish you hadn't asked. When they want to mate, the male anglerfish will eat a hole on one side of the much larger female's body and then embed themselves in it. Their skin, blood vessels, and digestive system fused together, and his eyes, fins, and some of his organs fell off or withered. He effectively became a parasite parasitic on females; his only role was to occasionally provide sperm for reproduction.
