Reading that article, suddenly I was not reading about birds
anymore...sounds familiar to me somehow! <GRIN>
"The same group of males meet at a traditional place and take up the
same individual positions on an arena, each occupying and defending a
small territory or court. Intermittently or continuously, they spar
individually with their neighbors or put on extravagant visual or
aural displays "
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Suzanne
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle,
stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
--- In Abhijit Menon-Sen <>
wrote:
>
> At 2007-04-02 09:06:13 -0700, wrote:
> >
> > What's "lek"?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_%28mating_arena%29
>
> A lek is a gathering of males, of certain animal species, for the
> purposes of competitive mating display. Leks assemble before and
> during the breeding season, on a daily basis. The same group of
males
> meet at a traditional place and take up the same individual
positions
> on an arena, each occupying and defending a small territory or
court.
> Intermittently or continuously, they spar individually with their
> neighbors or put on extravagant visual or aural displays (mating
> "dances" or gymnastics, plumage displays, vocal challenges,
etc.).
>
> -- ams
>
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