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... males to court a female simultaneously . The long and short of it was that while one little fellow was courting , the other was consummating the union . To this day the biologist has been unable to decide whether he had witnessed an ...
... males to court a female simultaneously . The long and short of it was that while one little fellow was courting , the other was consummating the union . To this day the biologist has been unable to decide whether he had witnessed an ...
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males occasionally frequent decaying materials for social reasons , one might almost conclude that they are at best orna- mental adjuncts to society . Another conclusion that might be drawn is that males prefer to imbibe nectar , which ...
males occasionally frequent decaying materials for social reasons , one might almost conclude that they are at best orna- mental adjuncts to society . Another conclusion that might be drawn is that males prefer to imbibe nectar , which ...
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... Male Beetle : It's our only joy . To think how we've saved and scraped , toiled and moiled , denied ourselves , gone without this , stinted ourselves that- Female Beetle : -and worked our legs off and drudged and plodded to get it ...
... Male Beetle : It's our only joy . To think how we've saved and scraped , toiled and moiled , denied ourselves , gone without this , stinted ourselves that- Female Beetle : -and worked our legs off and drudged and plodded to get it ...
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