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The Biology of Love *

The Biology of Love *. By Miss Baker missbakersbiologyclass.com. *Please note. This discussion in no way attempts to discuss love in a religious context. Rather it is merely an entertaining way to learn about the sometimes comical world of biological reproduction.

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The Biology of Love *

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  1. The Biology of Love* By Miss Baker missbakersbiologyclass.com *Please note. This discussion in no way attempts to discuss love in a religious context. Rather it is merely an entertaining way to learn about the sometimes comical world of biological reproduction.

  2. If not for sex[ual reproduction], much of what is flamboyant and beautiful in nature would not exist. –Olivia Judson, Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation

  3. Why Sex?

  4. A sexual organism has only 50% of the fitness of an asexual organism.

  5. You Have to Find and Woo a Mate

  6. You Have to Fight to Win Their Love

  7. You'll Be More Conspicuous to Predators

  8. Sex Increases Risk of Diseases That Lead to SicknessInfertility Death

  9. So, Why Sex?

  10. The Red Queen Hypothesis

  11. Sex is like the best strategy for winning the lottery Lucky in Love

  12. Increasing Variety = Greater Success

  13. TheDifference Between Males and Females

  14. Between 1725-1765, the Wife of Feodor Vassiyev had 69 Children In Her 27 Pregnancies She Gave Birth to 16 Pairs of Twins 7 Sets of Triplets 4 Sets of Quadruplets

  15. 1,042 Children

  16. Love is Like a Game of Chess It's All About Strategy

  17. Make the Choice That Will Lead to the Greatest Number of Successful Offspring! Base Your Decisions on the Environment in Which You Live

  18. Monogamy... My Heart Beats Only For You

  19. Polygamy... I Love You and You and You and You and

  20. MonogamyPolygamy Less disease risk More diversity in offspring Can mate guard Produce more offspring Lower infanticide Less commitment Form social bonds Less male competition

  21. How Many Offspring Should You Have?

  22. If You Decide to Have Few...

  23. You Must Provide Parental Care

  24. If You Decide to Have Many... You Won't Have to Provide Parental Care

  25. But, You'll Probably Be So Exhausted That You'll Die Soon Afterwards

  26. Are You a Desperate Male?

  27. Commit Sexual Suicide It's Better to Have Loved and Lost Then to Have Never Loved at All!

  28. Or Allow Yourself to Be Exploited And Persist as a Tiny Blood-Sucking Parasite Attached to the Female's Body

  29. What if a Member of the Opposite Sex is Not Available? Get a SexChange!

  30. But, What if You're Alone?

  31. Shy?

  32. Rejected?

  33. Unable to find a mate?

  34. All is Not Lost

  35. GoAsexual But, Remember You Lose the Benefits of Sex So Switch Back When Possible

  36. Arguably the MostExquisitelyEvolved Mating Behaviors Belong to Class Aves

  37. And Now for the Finale The Greatest Human Mating Behavior of All Time Drumroll Please

  38. The End

  39. Photo Credits

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