FOXSYLVANIA

–I was thinking the other day how glad I am that I’m not of a species that has to do a mating dance. For example, in the Sonoran desert of the American southwest, the Agelenopsis Aperta male spider courts the female with a mating dance that can last up to an hour.  The dance involves an abdomen waggle and a series of push-ups.  Furthermore, it may be that females chose males partly on the basis of how fast they waggle their abdomen!

Let’s think of that, guys, the next time we think of demanding dates…