What do you think?

What do you think?

Postby Francesco Tri » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:27 pm

Why the male lizards bite and crush the lower abdomen of the females during mating?
Mario, do you remember if there is any scientific publication on this subject?
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Re: What do you think?

Postby Mario Schweiger » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:17 pm

Thats the first stage in copulation. The males take the females, where they can get it - not to loose it. Slowly the "handle" forward to the neck.
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Re: What do you think?

Postby Francesco Tri » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:20 pm

I think that is also used to exert pressure to suck the sperm in the female genital tract: in fact this continues during the insertion of the penis in the female cloaca and then "chews" the abdomen ....
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