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Actinopterygii
Anglerfish
Annelid
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Argiope (spider)
Argiope aurantia
Arthropod
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Biologist
Blanket octopus
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Cephalopod
Chromosome
Cichlid
Copulation
Courtship
Crustacean
Deep sea
Dioecy
Dwarfism
Elephant seal
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Fecundity
Female
Fertilisation
Fitness (biology)
Foraging
Gamete
Gonad
Great bustard
Insect
Intromittent organ
Larva
Mammal
Marine worm
Mate choice
Mating
Mating system
Monograph
Northern elephant seal
Nutrient
Orb-weaver spider
Organism
Osedax
Osteichthyes
Ovary
Parasitism
Pelagic zone
Pheromone
Phylum
Polychaete
Predation
Reproduction
Reproductive success
Reproductive system
Rotifer
Seven-arm octopus
Sex
Sex differences in humans
Sex organ
Sexual cannibalism
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual maturity
Sexual selection
Southern elephant seal
Spawn (biology)
Sperm
Spermatogenesis
Spider
Testicle
Vertebrate
Yolk
Product details
- ISBN 9780691141961
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist? Introducing readers to important discoveries in animal behavior and evolution, Odd Couples explores some of the most extraordinary sexual differences in the animal world. Daphne Fairbairn uncovers the unique and bizarre characteristics of these remarkable species and the special strategies they use to maximize reproductive success. Fairbairn also considers humans and explains that although we are keenly aware of our own sexual differences, they are unexceptional within the vast animal world. Looking at some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, Odd Couples sheds astonishing light on what it means to be male or female in the animal kingdom.
Daphne J. Fairbairn is professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside. She has written widely on the science of sexual differences.
