The Wild Sex Merry Christmas Marathon Continues...
By Carin Bondar
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
Merry XXXmas everyone! Our marathon of 'Wild Sex', my new show about the evolutionary biology of sex, continues today. Here are episodes 2 and 3, respectively entitled 'When Sex Gets Stuck' and 'Dildos and Dolphins'. If you want to read the introductory piece about Wild Sex from yesterday, please visit it here.
I should note that episode 3 is our most 'outrageous' episode. We shot it in one take, and I had no idea what was coming out of the bag of tricks. I became a little flustered and made a bit of a blunder (you'll know it when you hear it). My only defense is that I could barely remember my own name at that point, much less all of my biological facts.
Enjoy!
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