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wehnerganymede at KillBaitwehnerganymede@killbait.com
2025-12-01

Dolphins use sea sponges in courtship rituals to attract mates

That comment captures the essence well, highlighting how these male humpback dolphins use sponges not just for physical skill but as a form of social signaling in courtship. It’s intriguing how this rare and culturally evolved behavior reflects their intelligence and mating strategy uniquely in spec...

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2025-11-29

'For their date in 2008, Julie Thao and her husband, Pao Choua Yang, went to the New Year’s event, and did the ball toss. They had met before, but the older generation is a “little more strict” and doesn’t allow children — especially daughters — to go out on dates, Thao said.

'“That was the norm growing up,” she added.

'The occasion offered the young teenagers a chance to hang out all day and get to know each other. Yang said he was too shy to play the game for long, but a match was made: The two married and have three daughters, ages 3, 2 and nine months.'

Hmong community celebrates its New Year and 50 years as Americans

It honors St. Paul Mayor-elect Kaohly Her and marks the event with courtship ball tosses and dances.

By Deena Winter
The Minnesota Star Tribune
startribune.com/hmong-communit

#StPaul #HmongNewYear #courtship

2025-11-25

You were away the day they explained consent... #TwosDay #AnimalArtTuesday #photography #birds #lorikeets #courtship #EastCoastKin /10

A pair of scaly-breasted lorikeets, the male courting, the female just not into him
2025-10-31

🐍❤️ Member which_chick shares a great story about rattlesnake courtship, and it's so good we should maybe follow their example!

Click for that story and then skip a few comments down to see what we can learn about maternal and paternal care and other forms of socialization in (wait for it) millipedes.

metafilter.com/210883/cold-blo

#love #snakes #rattlesnakes #courtship #bestofmetafilter

George Liquor, Americanliquor_american@universeodon.com
2025-10-17

The year is 1971. You live in the deep south of the USA: Birmingham, Alabama.

Pastor C. Sumner Wemp, President of Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, has IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY.

What do you do?

discogs.com/release/1020968-C-

#Love #Courtship #Romance #Sex

A black-and-white portrait of a softly-smiling C. Sumner Wemp. He is a middle-aged white fellow with hair thinning on top. He wears browline eyeglasses and coat-and-tie.
Christophe BousquetKrisAnathema@fediscience.org
2025-08-08

8. Seventh presentation is by Amir Naderi on #courtship in #drosophila

American NaturalistASNAmNat@ecoevo.social
2025-04-24

McDonald et al. find that courtship displays of the Golden-winged Manakin are dynamic interactions between audience and performer. Displays are simpler when a female is present, and simplest when her position on the display log indicates readiness to mate. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

#bird #mate #display #courtship

ErosBlog Bacchus has moved!ErosBlog@kinkyelephant.com
2025-04-11

I'm not sure it's fashionable in 2025 to worry about being too reticent in one's courtship practices. In fact, I'm sure it's NOT. Better a "goddamn perfect gentleman" than a douchebag whose name is in the whisper network...

erosblog.com/2020/03/31/slow-b

#Courtship #Seduction #Cartoon #SexToSexty #Humor #MeToo #Consent #Communication #Sex #Dating #FirstDate

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