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Wild Sex: The Science behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom Audiobook
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A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author’s popular web series Wild Sex, which has received over fourteen million views
Birds do it, bees do it―every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue whales. But if you think humans have a tough time dating, try having to do it while being hunted down by predators against a backdrop of unpredictable and life-threatening conditions. The animal kingdom is a wild place—and it’s got mating habits to match. The sex lives of our animal cousins are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, often incredibly violent—and absolutely fascinating.
In Wild Sex, Dr. Carin Bondar takes listeners on an enthralling tour of the animal kingdom as she explores the diverse world of sex in the wild. She looks at the evolution of sexual organs (and how they’ve shaped social hierarchies), tactics of seduction, and the mechanics of sex. She investigates a wide range of topics, from whether animals experience pleasure from sex to what happens when females hold the reproductive power. Along the way, she encounters razor-sharp penises, murderous carnal cannibals, and spontaneous chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes.
The resulting book is titillating, exhilarating, amusing, petrifying, alluring―and absolutely guaranteed to make you think about sex in a whole new way.
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“Biologist Bondar breaks down mating rituals in short, comprehensive chapters…that are a treat to read…A fascinating and entertaining read for amateur biologists that reminds us that as humans we are not alone in our sexual propensities and prowess.”
— Library Journal
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“Bondar’s witty writing style packs a lot of fascinating information into easily digestible essays that are extremely thought-provoking.”
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“A good combination of everyone’s two favorite topics―animals and strange sex stuff.”
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“In this chatty and engaging account, science communicator Bondar takes readers on an encyclopedic tour of sex across the animal kingdom…Stories about sex are fun to read, and Bondar makes them informative, too.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“A lively exploration of ‘the nitty-gritty of the diverse sex life of animals’…A fascinating peek into the intimate behavior of our animal cousins that provides new insight into the benefits of being human.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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About Carin Bondar
Dr. Carin Bondar received a PhD in population ecology from the University of British Columbia and has since hosted a variety of online and television programs, working with Scientific American, PBS Digital Studios, and the Science Channel. She is currently the lead presenter on Discovery World’s Brave New World with Stephen Hawking. Her independent web series Wild Sex has engaged over fourteen million viewers and was the subject of a presentation given at TED Global in Edinburgh in 2013 which received over 1.5 million views. She lives in British Columbia, Canada.
About Erin Bennett
Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.