
Wild Sex
The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom
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Narrated by:
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Erin Bennett
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By:
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Dr. Carin Bondar
A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author's popular web series Wild Sex, which has received over 14 million views.
Birds do it, bees do it - every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue whales. But if you think humans have a tough time dating, try having to do it while being hunted down by predators against a backdrop of unpredictable and life-threatening conditions. The animal kingdom is a wild place - and it's got mating habits to match. The sex lives of our animal cousins are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, often incredibly violent - and absolutely fascinating.
In Wild Sex, Dr. Carin Bondar takes listeners on an enthralling tour of the animal kingdom as she explores the diverse world of sex in the wild. She looks at the evolution of sexual organs (and how they've shaped social hierarchies), tactics of seduction, and the mechanics of sex. She investigates a wide range of topics, from whether animals experience pleasure from sex to what happens when females hold the reproductive power. Along the way she encounters razor-sharp penises, murderous carnal cannibals, and spontaneous chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes.
The resulting book is titillating, exhilarating, amusing, petrifying, alluring - and absolutely guaranteed to make you think about sex in a whole new way.
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Variety over depth
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Misses the Mark
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I learned so much from this book – unexpected things, even. For instance, the question of virginity is actually meaningful for some species, unlike people!
The title, _Wild Sex_, does not refer to unbridled, anything goes, sex. It's sex of wild animals in the wild. Some animals do amazing things to "get their rocks off". But seriously, it is clear that the purpose of the whole thing is to spread the genes and DNA of the individual! The violence and jealousy and rivalry all have the same source. I think that I have come out with a more general understanding of the motivations of other types of animals. And I can definitely see the source of a lot of human activities and hangups. And I can see where a lot of religious hangups come from, although I doubt that any religious person will see it that way!
Worthwhile investment of time :-)
NOT "wild and crazy" :-)
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wild sex
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Basically just trivia
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However in an attempt to be “cutesy” or use less scientific language words like “shemale” and “transvestite” and “cross-dressing” are used throughout in reference to animal behavior.
It’s a disappointment to say the least. It could have been a great chance to show how artificial the concepts of rigid gender roles are and how common in the natural world various trans identities are, but failed in a big way.
...Also wtf about elephants?! She says “it’s not much fun” to be a make elephant because a female elephant has a penis-like structure that has to be voluntarily moved out of the way, making it “impossible to rape a female elephant.” While calling animal behavior “rape” when they can’t communicate their intent or experience is a little bit of an issue, that was a really stupid, insensitive and misogynistic statement. ...Poor male elephants, female elephants can’t be raped.
The authors use of these cute asides ruined an otherwise interesting book and was really disappointing.
Slurs and anti-trans words used throughout
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