Biology: Courtship Behaviour

 Courtship Behaviour:

Courtship behaviour is either physical attributes or actions that an animal may do to attract and stand out as more dominant or strong. This tends to be seen in males more than females as the females get to watch and opinion their decisions on who they reproduce with and what their offspring genes are.  The reason its not common in females is because their point in life is survival and to be able to maintain it in a safe environment to care for and raise their offspring. Some animals may have bigger body parts than females, brighter colours or even just perform a dance ritual to impress the females and show they have good genes to mate which as that's the whole point to reproduce and pass genes on. An example of this in a species is peacocks the male has a huge feather tail where the female does not. The male shows dominance and their fitness ability they move their tail in a direction kinda like a little dance to show off in front of the females. Females attract to this and choose to mate with males whose tails are well kept, well coloured and dance is performed well. It says you have good genes if all done well as it takes energy and muscular power to preform the dance and overall good health to have the tail in good condition.  This benefits the female as she gets to reproduce with a male that has good genes meaning better chance of survival of the offspring due to the genes they may have. This benefits the males as they were chosen and their genes pass down even more in their offspring.