When males are not needed - 6 Minute English

Vocabulary mate an animal’s sexual partner celibate not having sex paradox situation which seems contradictory or impossible because it contains two opposite facts hatch when an egg breaks open in order to allow the young animal to come out the best of both worlds situation where you can enjoy the advantages of very different things at the same time hedge your bets follow two courses of action instead of making a decision between them in order to avoid the possibility of losing out