Activity Quote by Desmond Morris

Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.

— Peter R. Grant

“For a species low in male parental investment, the basic dynamic of courtship, as we’ve seen, is pretty simple: the male really wants sex;…

— Robert Wright

Courtship, properly understood, is the process whereby both the male and the female are brought into that state of sexual tumescence which is a…

— Havelock Ellis

Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

— Ambrose Bierce

Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to the point…

— E. O. Wilson

The preoccupation with the choice of a mate both by male and female I regard as a continuing echo of the major selective force…

— Jacob Bronowski

Animals use a broad range of strategies to advertise themselves in the mating market. In some instances, visual cues highlight a morphological feature -…

— Gad Saad

If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting and insertion.…

— E. O. Wilson

The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.

— Peter R. Grant

Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!

— Nargis Fakhri

As it is with medicine, or physics, certain laws will always apply when an action is implemented. When your doctor routinely examines you, they…

— Johnny Luckett