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Penis fencing in hermaphroditic flatworms video

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOFQri1Tjw

Video segment from BBC special “The mating game” showing penis fencing in hermaphroditic flatworms

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Course content area – Diversity of Sexual Behaviors

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College

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Hermaphroditic reproduction in slugs video

Link: https://youtu.be/wG9qpZ89qzc?si=EmQGIJiE3sdfMLXj

Segment from BBC “Life in Undergrowth” showing slug mating, an example of simultaneous hermaphroditic reproduction

Course content area – Diversity of Sexual Behaviors

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College

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Blue carousel bird mating dance video

Link: https://youtu.be/1zxJPQlFFTI?si=4cBGnASasB4edoJY

Video segment from Our Planet documentary showing the blue carousel bird mating dance.

Course content area – Mating Systems/Sexual Selection

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College

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 Queer animals are everywhere. Science is finally catching on reading

Washington Post article by Eliot Schrefer discusses the impact of human culture on the study of animal sexual behaviors and the lack of understanding of how a behavior that does not lead to offspring can still improve an animal’s fitness. Article is available to listen to.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/30/queer-animals-are-everywhere-science-is-finally-catching/

Used as a pre-class reading to prepare for a class discussing the diversity of sexual behaviors found in the animal kingdom.

Course content area – Sexual Selection

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College