The very diverse ways that animals deal with their gender and sexuality and even their sexual preferences are absolutely fascinating. This week’s programme begins with advice from a certain Dr. Tatajana. She’s a fictional character from Olivia Judson’s Olivia Judson’s hilarious but scientifically sound book “Dr. Tatjana’s sex advice for all creation…”
– Gender as a form of strategy: interview about animals who can choose or change their own gender or the gender or their offspring to improve their chances of survival;
– The nose of sex: the role of feromones: these chemical substances play a vital role in sex and procreation among animals; many mammals even have a second ‘olfacatory system ‘built in (a second nose) specially tuned for feromones;
– Lesbian monkeys: Lesbian behaviour among Japanese makakes: researcher Paul Vassi explains why they do it;
Producer: Thijs Westerbeek van Eerten
Broadcast: May 21, 2003