Sentence examples for mated animals from inspiring English sources

But if fear of divorce were enough to inspire mated animals to spend so much time and effort displaying to each other, said Dr. Wachtmeister, then one would expect to see evidence that divorce or desertion were likely possibilities among displaying monogamous species.

Mated females were checked for plugs the next morning to identify successfully mated animals.

To exclude this interpretation, we only analyzed mated animals that survived beyond the reproductive period.

If progeny production caused life-span extension, then mated animals should live longer than unmated animals.

Furthermore, mated animals with larger broods move, pump, and live longer than those with smaller broods, indicating that total brood size in mated animals is predictive of somatic aging.

The albumen glands of virgin and mated animals showed a similar distribution of dopaminergic neurons and fibers (not shown).

This refers not only to the testicle-shaped pseudobulbs of the plant but also to the fact that it was long believed that orchids sprang from the spilled semen of mating animals.

I see evidence here, he remarks, with his customary fat-man wheeze, of a mocking challenge to the state, for in the figures of the mating animals, the ones on top are varicolored, dressed, as it were, in colorful native costumes, but those below, at the receiving end, wear the colors of the nation.

At this time of year, you may see the pair tail to tail in the 'tie' position which, from the sounds produced by mating animals, may be an uncomfortable affair.

Randomly mating animals were treated as control.

When it comes to choosing a mate, animals -- be they butterflies, frogs, elephants or humans -- have strong preferences.