Article: IT'S A SWINGING JUNGLE OUT THERE IN 'NATURE'.(LA.COM)

Byline: David Kronke

TV Critic

"What Females Want and Males Will Do," a drolly entertaining yet quite instructive two-part "Nature" report, could be titled "Dating Tips From the Animal Kingdom."

Narrator F. Murray Abraham escorts viewers through sundry mating rituals, from minuscule jumping spiders whose males' choreographed dances woo females (who may eat them during copulation -- oops) to gelada baboons, whose women select their males based on the color and heat emanating from their chest patches of exposed skin.

In case there was any doubt, scientists concur that among the species, females pretty much have the upper hand in selecting which males will get ...

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