Seduce Me: 'Green Porno' Star Isabella Rossellini Has a New Show About Animal Attraction

Michael Graham Richard
Living / Culture
April 21, 2010

Photo: Sundance, with permission
A Spawn of 'Green Porno'
Isabella Rossellini's weird and delightful 'Green Porno' series gave us a very original look at the love life of various creatures, from shrimps to snails. Now Ms. Rossellini is back in the director/writer/actor seat for a spin-off called 'Seduce Me', a new series of 5 mini-episodes exploring the unconventional seduction rituals of ducks, snakes, cuttlefish, etc. It's entertainment, it's educational, but above all, it requires that you have a good sense of humor. Check out the videos below.This is the promo for the series:

Here's the Cuttlefish episode:

"Creator and director of "Seduce Me" Isabella Rossellini said "After my comical series, 'Green Porno,' on how animals mate, I wanted to showcase a new series about how animals seduce each other with different, varied and incredible strategies...they might give us some new ideas about how to conquer our mates!""

Photo: Sundance, with permission

Here's a description of the 5 episodes:

"Bed Bug"- Bed bugs reproduce in mass numbers. This episode explores the violent nature in which the blood-sucking baby bugs are conceived.

"Cuttle Fish" - Male cuttle fish play the field and often "sneak" into harems posing as females. Once infiltration is complete, the male liberally sows his seed leaving several members of the harem pregnant.

"Duck"- The female duck has a complex body. While males show dominance by forcefully mating with her, she chooses which male will father her ducklings by rejecting and redirecting the seed that doesn't suit her.

"Salmon" - Life and death surround the reproductive activities of salmon. Babies are born into the decay of their dead parents' bodies but manage to avenge their deaths by eating the parasites that attacked them.

"Snake" - Monogamy is the goal of the male garter snake - he's got to be the only one. Once he's mated with his female lover, his hopes are high that no other males come along to 'un-seal' the deal.