false 930426 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928m/930426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928s/930426.jpg You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price

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You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 5 2 false Wed May 07 13:26:07 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:29:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37942156 1055856 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.01 354
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 1 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 08:12:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 06:58:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 25170010 834216 773772 0805063315 9780805063318 11 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217564225m/773772.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217564225s/773772.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773772.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.17 35 Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is a unique guidebook to sex. It reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, and who should commit bestiality with whom. It discloses the best time to have a sex change, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters—such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis.

Funny, quirky, and wonderfully informative, the book comprises letters from all creatures worried about their bizarre sex lives to the wise Dr. Tatiana (a.k.a. Olivia Judson), the only sex columnist in creation with a prodigious knowledge of evolutionary biology. Fusing natural history with advice to the lovelorn, blending wit and rigor, she is able to reassure her anxious correspondents that although the acts they describe might sound appalling and unnatural, they are actually perfectly normal—so long as you are not a human. In the process, she explains the science behind it all, from Darwin's theory of sexual selection to why sexual reproduction exists in the first place, and, applying the standards of the human world to the mating habits of the natural one, in the ends she reveals the wonder of birth.]]> 2002 5 2 false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 21:22:09 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 22:53:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38517379 1350905 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Nov 24 06:03:55 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 06:03:55 -0800 2008
Olivia Judson side-steps this issue nicely by adopting an alternate persona of a sort of tv confessional show host as her authorial voice, an...more...]]> 66498967 1928279 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:36:26 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:37:09 -0700 2009 For this book, she takes on the persona of Dr. Tatiana, a Dear Abbey-like sex therapist, who...more...]]> 45025229 1128490 930426 0805063323 9780805063325 17 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928m/930426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928s/930426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930426.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 3.80 61 You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price

]]> 2002 4 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Feb 01 03:44:47 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 11:11:51 -0800 2009 many more...]]> 4867049 171430 930426 0805063323 9780805063325 17 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928m/930426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928s/930426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930426.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466 You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price

]]> 2002 3 1 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 21 08:33:11 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 02 10:13:14 -0800 2009
Amusing and educational; would have preferred the omission of the lectures. Just because something is normal for bugs or snails doesn't make it so for humans. And I prefer not to have thinly-disguised anti-religious screeds tacked onto ...more...]]> 77288276 1662632 773772 0805063315 9780805063318 11 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217564225m/773772.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217564225s/773772.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773772.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466 Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is a unique guidebook to sex. It reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, and who should commit bestiality with whom. It discloses the best time to have a sex change, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover. It also advises on more mundane matters—such as male pregnancy and the joys of a detachable penis.

Funny, quirky, and wonderfully informative, the book comprises letters from all creatures worried about their bizarre sex lives to the wise Dr. Tatiana (a.k.a. Olivia Judson), the only sex columnist in creation with a prodigious knowledge of evolutionary biology. Fusing natural history with advice to the lovelorn, blending wit and rigor, she is able to reassure her anxious correspondents that although the acts they describe might sound appalling and unnatural, they are actually perfectly normal—so long as you are not a human. In the process, she explains the science behind it all, from Darwin's theory of sexual selection to why sexual reproduction exists in the first place, and, applying the standards of the human world to the mating habits of the natural one, in the ends she reveals the wonder of birth.]]> 2002 4 1 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 22:01:29 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 17:07:31 -0800 2009
Dropping his bag, he turns into the dining room and stops short. Spread across the table, mixed in with the takeout cartons, are dozens of aca...more...]]> 49406407 1297812 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 21:10:55 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 21:14:20 -0700 2009
It's really fun to compare what we know of human sexual habits with the habits of the creatures in this book . . . and it really seems as though humans are still in flux, still experime...more...]]> 42059715 1653410 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 22:13:20 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:57:17 -0700 2009
Dr. Judson (aka Dr. Tatiana) uses a fictional advice column to introduce a species with differentiated sexual cha...more...]]> 31923158 326195 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Wed Sep 03 12:26:45 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 10:44:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24150772 1058908 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:07:09 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 09:45:35 -0700 2008
I admit that I did not read it thoroughly. Nevertheless, I was impressed at the unique and amusing approach to explaining the evolutionary biology of sex. I don't think just anyone could have pulled it off. The author obviously knows her stuff,...more...]]> 6317277 27804 930426 0805063323 9780805063325 17 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928m/930426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179547928s/930426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/930426.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466 You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price

]]> 2002 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 06:01:21 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 06:08:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9390690 349264 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Nov 21 07:06:36 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 07:07:21 -0800 2007
Each "column"...more...]]> 38154548 1535625 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 12:40:43 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 09:39:42 -0800 2008
"Dr. Tatiana's" is framed as a sex advice column written by an evolutionary biologist for the benefit of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and even invert...more...]]> 2412663 144579 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Tue Jun 26 13:06:43 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 13:25:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 79768865 1023141 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 10:23:38 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:29:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52347303 1706100 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 18:58:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 02:59:44 -0700 2009
Packed with fabulously interesting information, I read many sections at least three times, including the entire chapter called Eve's Testicle, and will read through the book several more times because my little brain cannot retain that much awesome...more...]]> 44941514 265983 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 07:16:31 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 05:11:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 71913344 1147449 91842 0099283751 9780099283751 89 <![CDATA[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134m/91842.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171236134s/91842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91842.Dr_Tatiana_s_Sex_Advice_to_All_Creation 4.00 466
You'll learn why one stick-insect copulation lasts for 10 weeks (to prevent other males from gaining access to 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 their heads, and that females in more than 80 species eat their lovers before, during, or after sex. You'll also ponder human sexuality when you learn that "monogamy is one of the most deviant behaviors in biology" (although jackdaws, chinstrap penguins, California mice, and some termites swear by it) and "natural selection, it seems, often smiles on strumpets."

Highly recommended--you'll read this through just for the fun of it and have plenty of odd facts with which to dazzle your dinner companions. --Joan Price]]> 2002 4 0 false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:38:21 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:41:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=930426