NATURE
WHAT FEMALES WANT & MALES WILL DO
WHAT FEMALES WANT – EPISODE 1
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 @ 5:00PM &10:00PM
Female jumping spiders will attack and eat anything that moves. This often includes males who may be courting them. So, if a male falls short in convincing a female that he will be a good mate, he may become lunch. This is a compelling reason for males to work hard in perfecting their courtship dances.
In the mating game, it is not always “do or die,” but the penalties can be severe, and there is no single tried and true approach when it comes to the fascinating strategy of attracting a mate. Charles Darwin called it “sexual selection.” NATURE is calling it What Females Want and Males Will Dofor love — a two-part miniseries about sexual selection.
