The rituals displayed can convey reproductive fitness or they can just trick reluctant mates into copulation.

所的仪式可以传达生殖能力，也可以只是欺骗不情愿的偶进行。

Particularly when they are engaged in other activities, like copulation, which requires coming partway out of the shell.

尤其是当它们忙于其他活动时，比如，这需要它们的部分身体从壳里出来。”

(Laughter) Now, we define extra-pair copulation as the mating outside of a pair bond.

（笑声） 现在，我们将对之外的定义为对之外的。

She said there was forced copulation the whole time she was here.

她说在她工作期间 一存在强迫性行为。

The forced copulation? - We don't know that.

强迫性的事 -还不确定。

For males, it might just be a few moments of copulation and that's it.

对于雄性来说，这可能只是短暂的，仅此而已。

CHRISTINE WILKINSON: These lezzy lizzies actually simulate copulation with each other, which increases their fertility.

克里斯汀·威尔金森：这些女同性恋者实际上模拟了彼此的，这提高了她们的生育能力。

Researchers tested to see whether showing several demonstrations of copulation would lead to a higher percentage of learned mate preference.

研究人员进行了测试，以了解多次范是否会导致更高比例的习得择偶偏好。

Longer bacula can help a male compete, because they're associated with what's called prolonged intromission, or longer periods of copulation.

更长的杆状骨可以帮助雄性竞争，因为它们与所谓的长时间插入或更长的时间有关。

But is there anything above and beyond that that is the result of actual copulation and interacting with those spines?

但除此之外还有什么是实际和与这些刺相互作用的结果吗？

Does that mean like some men they could be thinking about an upcoming football game or how they are performing during copulation?

这是否意味着他们可能会像某些男人一样考虑即将到来的足球比赛或他们在时的表现？

For example, the fact that I am really outgoing and I'm not shy talking about sex and copulation and things like that.

例如，我真的很外向，而且我并不害羞地谈论性和之类的事情。

And it's obviously not exactly what happens during copulation but it's the closest we're going to get when we look at these large vertebrates.

这显然不是过程中发生的事情，但这是我们观察这些大型脊椎动物时最接近的情况。

I suppose she didn't care what became of her and flung herself into the horrible degradation of drink and promiscuous copulation to get even with life that had treated her so cruelly.

我想她不在乎自己的下场，而是投身于酗酒和乱的可怕堕落中，以报复残酷对待她的生活。