The sun is shining in France. It has now done so for a couple of days and it is, slowly, becoming warmer. This appears to have encouraged many of the creatures in my garden to mate. I took the following three pictures over a period of five minutes whilst sitting outside.
The flies seemed unconcerned by my presence.
These are fire bugs. They like my garden because of the lime tree. You can read more here.
Even the reptiles are in frisky mood – details at the same link above…
…although I was not entirely sure if these chaps were trying to mate or eat one another.
Even my plants seem to be advertising their willingness to breed.
Japonica…
…and peach.
Down by the pond things are much the same. The voices you can hear in the following video are male frogs declaring their territory and warding of rivals. The first time I heard this late at night I thought a car alarm was going off.
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Well it is of course important that living things procreate. Gametes must meet; genes must be mixed – click here if you would like to explore why. Luckily I found this video that clearly explains the method whereby you and I came to be.
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Questions…
- How is the Sun’s heat transferred to Earth?
- How many pairs of chromosomes do most human cells have?
- How can you tell from the photograph that Japonica (Chaenomeles – I forbid you to click that link) is insect pollinated?
- What is meant by the words (a) pollination (b) fertilisation?
- When have Pete and Dud previously featured on this blog?
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