Cross Breeds

Is it just natural for wild animals to fight for sex?

When animals in the wild mate does the female struggle, even if it's mating season? What is the typical animal behavior? Thanks.

Public Comments

1. It is typical for animals to fight over a mate
2. The males fight or compete for the female.Winner gets to mate as he is the alpha or strongest.
3. That depends on the species and on the specific circumstances. Sometimes the female solicits mating from the male. Sometimes the male forces it on the female. There are infinite possible and actual scenarios.
4. Hey I would if it worked! Sha-zam!
5. Yes it is natural. If an animal is not interesting in mating, his/her lack of interest (if it is genetically determined) will surely be removed from the gene pool through negative selection. Natural selection therefore have shaped animals so that they are driven to reproduce. That of course does not mean that fights always occur. In many instances, many animals simply release sperms and eggs into the water and let nature take care of the rest. In many other cases, there is male-male competition, and actual fights do often take place. Many of these fights may result in injury or even death to some of the participants. In many cases, however, the fights are ritualized, so that if one male backs down, no actual fight will take place. There is of course also female-female competition. In some cases, females also maintain territories, so that female-female conflict may result. In most cases, however, female-female competition is often more subtle and do not involve physical contact or contests. Since females in general have little trouble finding males to mate with, they often compete by being larger and thus able to lay more eggs than other females.
6. yes..its their way to win their mate