TY - BOOK AU - Crump,Martha L. TI - Headless males make great lovers: & other unusual natural histories SN - 9780226122083 (electronic bk.) AV - QL751 .C8825 2005eb U1 - 590 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Animal behavior KW - Behavior, Animal KW - Animaux KW - MÅ“urs et comportement KW - NATURE KW - Animals KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SCIENCE KW - Life Sciences KW - Zoology KW - Wildlife KW - Seks KW - gtt KW - Voortplanting (biologie) KW - Diergedrag KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index; Ain't Love Grand! -- The Mamas and the Papas -- Eat to Live and Live to Eat -- Don't Tread on Me -- Ya Don't Say! N2 - The natural world is filled with diverse--not to mention quirky and odd--animal behaviors. Consider the male praying mantis that continues to mate after being beheaded; the spiders, insects, and birds that offer gifts of food in return for sex; the male hip-pocket frog that carries his own tadpoles; the baby spiders that dine on their mother; the beetle that craves excrement; or the starfish that sheds an arm or two to escape a predator's grasp. Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories celebrates this extraordinary world of animals with essays on curious creatures and UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=260110 ER -