A mating ritual, or courtship, was the specific form that mating (mate selection followed by mating) took in a specific species or culture. There was significant variety in mating rituals among different species, and frequently featured color change and provocative movement. (VOY: "Elogium") According to Odo, all humanoids were obsessed with convoluted mating rituals. He once remarked that procreation had nothing to do with how one smelled, or writing bad poetry, or sacrificing plants to serve as tokens of affection. (DS9: "The Forsaken", "Broken Link")