00:01
Connected to a paper, but let's just briefly talk about it.
00:04
So it's why should females mate more than one time with a particular male? so females, and they're mating more than one time with the same male.
00:27
And the reasons are sort of why should she mate with different males? it's some of the same reason.
00:39
So let's just go through those.
00:41
First, of course, is that it may, if the first round of mating did not work in some sense, right, there's a greater chance that pregnancy will occur.
00:56
You know, she may or may not be able to tell that she's pregnant, depending on the species and so on.
01:02
Or more eggs may get fertilized if we're thinking of, say, insects.
01:08
So you get more fertilizations because there's more up.
01:12
Opportunities.
01:14
Of course, both of those would lead to more offspring...