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6 steps of courtship for male fruit flies
1. Find a female and follow her.
2. Tap female with foreleg, triggering pheromone cues.
3. Stretch out wing and vibrate it to serenade female.
4. Lick female's genitalia with proboscis.
5. Attempt copulation.
6. Copulate for 20 minutes.
Source: Stanford University
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1. Find a female and follow her.
2. Tap female with foreleg, triggering pheromone cues.
3. Stretch out wing and vibrate it to serenade female.
4. Lick female's genitalia with proboscis.
5. Attempt copulation.
6. Copulate for 20 minutes.
Source: Stanford University
Don't you just love science??
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