mating
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Their pleasant mating call, Mr. de Greef writes, sounds like “a distant ferryboat whistle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sally Wadsworth, chair of Benfield Wildlife and Conservation Group, says some areas of grass are kept longer so that the females can crawl up the stalks for mating.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
July happens to overlap with the animal's mating season - the "peak breeding" period where testosterone levels among bulls are heightened, Jennifer Barfield, the scientific lead at Colorado's Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd, said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Weber also noted that mating season is coming to an end, when alligators become very territorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Special seal-strips between the patches ensured airtight mating.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
