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Conroy said he recently introduced a pair of the daytime octopuses and believes the two animals copulated.

From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2015

In a new study, researchers placed laboratory mice that had recently copulated on a regimen of artificial daylight.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2012

Amourous male meadow voles can tell how many partners his potential fragrant partner has copulated with, all by her smell and that of rival males nearby.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2011

"Ten percent of the exposed genetic males developed into functional females that copulated with unexposed males and produced viable eggs," the researchers wrote.

From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2010

You know, Sir, that queens generally receive the males about the fifth or sixth day, and this queen had not copulated until the thirty-sixth.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François