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From the Ted Talk by Carin Bondar: The birds and the bees are just the beginning

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So we've seen very different strategies that mleas are using when it comes to winning a female partner. We've seen a coercion strategy in which sexual structures are used in a forceful way to basically make a female have sex. We've also seen a titillation strategy where males are actually pleasing their feamle partners into choosing them as a sex partner. Now unfortunately, in the amanil kingdom, it's the coercion strategy that we see time and time again. It's very cmoomn in many phyla, from invertebrates to avain species, mammals, and, of course, even in primates.

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So we've seen very different strategies that _____ are using when it comes to winning a female partner. We've seen a coercion strategy in which sexual structures are used in a forceful way to basically make a female have sex. We've also seen a titillation strategy where males are actually pleasing their ______ partners into choosing them as a sex partner. Now unfortunately, in the ______ kingdom, it's the coercion strategy that we see time and time again. It's very ______ in many phyla, from invertebrates to _____ species, mammals, and, of course, even in primates.

Solution

  1. animal
  2. common
  3. avian
  4. female
  5. males

Original Text

So we've seen very different strategies that males are using when it comes to winning a female partner. We've seen a coercion strategy in which sexual structures are used in a forceful way to basically make a female have sex. We've also seen a titillation strategy where males are actually pleasing their female partners into choosing them as a sex partner. Now unfortunately, in the animal kingdom, it's the coercion strategy that we see time and time again. It's very common in many phyla, from invertebrates to avian species, mammals, and, of course, even in primates.

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