They mate about three weeks after delivery, and a three-month dormancy period ensues before the fertilized ovum implants.
Or a debate with a mate about which body part to photograph for an online dating profile.
Mrs P-B likes to quote the Walter Scott line "Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer made my mate" about herself, and the Dunce from Dummer's line "It is in times of difficulty that character shows itself.
You will learn about how a deathwatch beetle finds its mate, about the importance of houseflies, why butterflies have spots on their wings, about dragonfly sex, bed-bugs and wasps.
It is like having a conversation in the pub with your best mate about problems with your girlfriend and then finding the content, possibly with a bit of spin added, posted on the internet.
To mix sports metaphors, the two scored a particularly harmful own goal this August, when Hewitt, of Fox News, asked Ryan, who had recently been chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate, about his marathon times.
