Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction by Jules Howard
Summary: One
thousand million years ago, a huge revolution occurred on Earth-sex happened
for the first time. From that moment on, the world became ever more colorful
and bizarre, ringing with elaborate songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying
cries as the desires of males and females collided, generation after
generation, in an unbroken chain of sex going back to the dawn of complex life
on Earth.
Animal life rings, bleeds, and howls with sex. It's everywhere. Right now
warring hordes are locking horns, preening feathers, rampaging lustfully across
the savanna, questioning the fidelity of the ones they love. A million females
choose; a billion penises ejaculate (or snap off); a trillion sperm battle,
block, and tackle. Sex made planet Earth, well, sexy.
Writing in a brilliantly engaging style, biologist Jules Howard leads readers
on a guided tour of the how and why of sex on Earth, in all its diversity. From
sperm wars to cuckoldry, hermaphrodites, virgin births, “exploding” penises,
and mallards' “booby-trapped” vaginas, Sex on Earth explores
and celebrates the wonders and peculiarities of animal reproduction.
Angie's Comments: Jules
Howard covers pandas, dinosaurs, slugs, fish, and other animals in this book.
The information is fascinating and goes beyond the normal sex animal facts. You
can see the variety of sex that exists on Earth. The one issue that I had with
the book is the constant voice of Jules Howard. In some cases, his emotions and
thoughts complement the material and add to it. In other cases, Howard
overwhelms the subject with himself. However, I really enjoyed the book and now
I have new facts to astound others!
This is a great book for people
interested in biology, animals, and evolution.
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