On Television: Vying for the Nod From Females, Male Creatures Hoot and Strut On 'Nature'

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Vying for the nod from females, male creatures hoot and strut on 'Nature' New Haven Register (CT) - Friday, April 4, 2008 SEX BETWEEN HUMANS ON TV? That's pay cable. Sex between animals and bugs? That's "Nature" on PBS, a smart and scenic series (especially in HD) airing Sunday nights at 8.

This week's two-parter, called "What Females Want and Males Will Do," presents the endless dance of courtship and mating in the animal world, with a focus on the science of attraction and the mating game's behaviors and signals.

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On Television: Vying for the Nod From Females, Male Creatures Hoot and Strut On 'Nature'

Birds do it, bees do it and (if you're one of the aggressive red- chested males) even educated Gelada baboons do it on "Nature."

One scientist studying the mysteries of sexual selection creates an authentic-looking "Fembot" to move among the sage grou...

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