AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A courtship is a set of display behaviours in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire to copulate. These behaviours often include ritualized movement (“dances”), vocalizations, mechanical sound production, or displays of beauty, strength, or agonistic ability.

Detailed explanation-2: -courtship, in animals, behaviour that results in mating and eventual reproduction. Courtship may be rather simple, involving a small number of chemical, visual, or auditory stimuli; or it may be a highly complex series of acts by two or more individuals, using several modes of communication.

Detailed explanation-3: -Courtship behavior can include things like food delivery, dance moves (displays), and mutual preening. In many cases, the most extravagant courtship displays belong to the species where males contribute little else to the relationship-think strutting grouse or dancing birds-of-paradise.

Detailed explanation-4: -A wide variety of organisms from the animal kingdom do a form of a dance to attract the opposite sex. The birds tend to be the most creative and dramatic! Lizards will bob their heads, zebras and horses will run side by side, and fish and seahorses will do a courtship dance underwater. Here are some video examples.

Detailed explanation-5: -Three general mating systems, all involving innate as opposed to learned behaviors, are seen in animal populations: monogamous (monogamy), polygynous (polygyny), and polyandrous (polyandry).