Birds, Sex and Beauty by Matt Ridley

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds, Sex and Beauty Author: Matt Ridley Narrator: Matt Ridley Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins Release date: 03-25-25 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings Genres: Outdoors & Nature Publisher's Summary: In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple, even mutually beneficial, transaction. Many more treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst, and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the center of Matt Ridley’s investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an arduous and even deadly ritual called a “lek.” To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers. When achieved, consummation with a female takes seconds.