THESE PICTURES RELATE TO SOME VERY INTERESTING INSTANCES OF COURTSHIP AND MATING-INCLUDING THOSE OF BOWER BIRDS VELVET WORM STICKLEBACK AND SHARK .

1. Strange events Chapter 13 pictures
Courtship & mating games 2
Bower birds – Engineers architects Artists
Satin bower bird female Satin Bower bird Male -Bower
Tatiana Gerus-Flickr-Wc-cc Summ – Wc – cc
Orange flame Bower birds - Grand crazy courtship
John Gould – Wc – Public domain

2. Strange events Pictures
Great Artists & Magicians also-create decorated “House of illusion”
Great Bower Bird Decorated Bower
Richard B Sharpe-Wc-Public domain John Hill – Wc – cc
Bower males entice females with decorations, display and even illusions
but turn them out after mating and nests are made by females alone later.
Golden bower bird
Richard Bowdler Sharpe - Wc – Public domain

3. Strange events pictures
Velvet worm –pheromone signaling during courtship
Variety of mating styles & sperm delivery; produce eggs or ‘babies’
An Australian species carries spermatophore on its head
Geoff Gallice – Flickr – Wc - cc
Stickle back fishes – males red throat signal & Zigzag dance courtship
3 spined species Male with red throat
Ron offermans –Wc – cc Pietspanns – Wc – cc

4. Strange events pictures
Various Shark species have distinct styles
Pheromone signaling ,parallel swimming ,biting ,cupping fins
circling ,docking ,clasper using common
Nurse sharks mating
Nick Whitney – center for ocean life .org-blog
Cat shark – male twists around female
NOAA –Wc – Public domain