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The Courtship of Animals

by W. P. Pycraft

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Building on Darwin’s theory of sexual selection, a British Museum zoologist surveys how animals win their mates: the rivalries of apes and lions, the displays of birds, and the songs, colours and contests of many other creatures. He also discusses the role of glands and hormones in desire and display.

A readable early twentieth-century survey of animal courtship for naturalists and the curious. Download the free EPUB.

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