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: -Pairs may show courtship behaviors such as grooming each other, playing and wrestling, chasing each other or bumping and hip pushing each other. They will also sniff and lick each other, and a female may even position herself in front of her partner to tell him she’s ready.

Detailed explanation-3: -Courtship has been defined as the heterosexual reproductive communication system leading to the consummatory sexual act. Courtship behaviour has many advantages and functions, including the reduction of hostility between the potential sex partners, especially in species in which the male actively defends a territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many species of animals engage in some type of courtship display to attract a mate, such as dancing, the creation of sounds, and physical displays. However, many species are not limited to only one of these behaviors.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.