Sex in the Sea
CBC Radio | Posted: February 26, 2016 8:52 PM | Last Updated: February 26, 2016
A new book explores the exotic and divers reproductive behaviours of sea life
As we know, mating is just as critical for sustaining life beneath the waves as it is on land. But you may not have imagined that sex in the oceans of the world could be so bizarre and inventive.
In her new book, Sex in The Sea - Our Intimate Connection With Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of The Deep, science writer and marine ecologist Dr. Marah Hardt, Research Co-Director for the the conservation group, Future of Fish, chronicles how the many different marine mating strategies have evolved.
But she also points out that overfishing, pollution, and rising temperatures may be killing the mood and disrupting all that creative sex, essential for the abundance of life in the ocean.
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