AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Many creatures resort to courtship feeding to attract a mate.

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 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: -Courtship behavior plays a key role in animal life by allowing both sexes to find a mate and thereafter proceed into a behavioral ritual that ends in successful copulation.