478: "Dragonfly Fakes Death to Avoid Coitus"

Dec 2

Written By JC

Interesting Things with JC #478: "Dragonfly Fakes Death to Avoid Coitus" - Extreme sexual conflict resolution in a dragonfly to evade male coercion.

Thank you to Rachael Nelson for suggesting today’s topic.

Ref: Khelifa, R. (2017), Faking death to avoid male coercion: extreme sexual conflict resolution in a dragonfly. Ecology, 98: 1724-1726. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1781

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