The range of mating systems in animals is surprisingly diverse. Elaborate courtship rituals, birds having affairs, fish that change sex, bizarre sexual practices – all in the spirit of evolution. It is not morality that is important, but reproductive success. An entertaining foray into the animal kingdom. Petra Wiemann
Monika Niehaus, Michael Wink
Why headless men make better lovers
Hirzel, 240 pp., € 24,–
ISBN 978-3-7776-3384-8