Marah Hardt

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Marah Hardt on KCRW

When lobsters get ready to mate, the female woos a dominant male by dropping by his den every day for a week and shooting a stream of her pee at his head.

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When lobsters get ready to mate, the female woos a dominant male by dropping by his den every day for a week and shooting a stream of her pee at his head.

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