Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex [Paperback]

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Finally, a how-to guide, in the guise of the Q&A advice column, for marching, flying, or slithering into the battle from the sexes, whatever your species. In this entertaining and informative book, evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson presents "letters" from sexually frustrated animals, birds, and insects who ask "Dr. Tatiana" to describe some sexual oddity. For example, "Don't Wanna Be Butch in Botswana" writes, "I'm a spotted hyena, a girl. The only trouble is, Brand-new a large phallus. I can not help feeling that this is unladylike. What's wrong with me?" Each question leads Dr. T. into a fascinating explanation about the sex life with this species, sprinkled with sprightly stories about other species concentrating on the same attributes or behavior.
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access on the fertile female) and why the black-winged damselfly's penis has bristles (to scrape out his rival's sperm). You'll learn that male and female orangutans masturbate with sex toys fashioned from leaves and twigs, that slugs are hermaphrodites with penises on the heads, and that females in over 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one from the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, plus some termites rely on it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll see this through just to the fun of it and also have a lot of odd facts in which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price --This text refers for an beyond print or unavailable edition of the title.
Those seeking prurient prose may be more satisfied browsing their local adult bookstore, but readers intrigued from the bizarre facts surrounding animal whoopee (and really, who isn't?) should pay a trip to Dr. Tatiana, the alter ego of evolutionary biologist and journalist Judson. While her wryly salacious tone makes animal mating habits and evolutionary biology pretty racy, it still reads more as being a textbook compared to the Kama Sutra. Judson uses a tongue-in-cheek advice column format through much of the book, forging letters from dung flies, iguanas, sagebrush crickets and rodents ("Like, what's the deal? I'm a sleek young California mouse and am so in heat.") to explore reproductive biology. The device could be grating, and purists appalled by anthropomorphism may find themselves cringing as Judson chastises a male splendid fairy wren for philandering, while pronouncing his paddle crab counterpart a "gentleman." Still, Judson gets high marks on her copiously researched data. Perhaps most compelling is her chapter entitled "Aphrodisiacs, Love Potions, and Other Recipes From Cupid's Kitchen," by which the roots of animal homosexuality are examined. The reader will undoubtedly come away with reams of fascinating factoids, such as the nauseating dining habits of tropical cockroaches during copulation, and also the pregnancies with the male seahorse and the cousin, the pipefish.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an away from print or unavailable edition on this title.