References - Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World - Marlene Zuk

Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World - Marlene Zuk (2011)

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Introduction: Life on Six Legs

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1. If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

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3. The Inner Lives of Wasps

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5. Sperm and Eggs on Six Legs

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6. So Two Fruit Flies Go into a Bar...

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7. Parenting and the Rotten Corpse

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