not exactly mating ritual bit close..
see clowns goes through several phases before actually spawning
* they start with what with a ritual of tolerance, where they will pick on each other until they tolerate each other, in this case a dominate is usually picked, and they can now "live" together without killing each other. this may occur with two juveniles or a male and female
* next is a bonding ritual, which sounds like what you have now, this is where they actual definitely define who is the dominant, at thsi point you almost always have what is or what will soon be the female.
* the next stage can be fuzzy, it sometimes occurs with the bonding phase, sometimes separate, but it involves them going through a "find a home" ritual, this is a typical male female ritual where the female finds the home, and beats the heck out of the male until he complies.
* the next is mating rituals, this is the final ritual in the creation of a "mated pair" and is followed by spawning (eventually) this involves the female picking a spawning site, and beating up the male it its clean and ready to her satisfaction.
* and then finally they spawn, i think this is self explanatory..
this is a rough overview of a process that can take many months to over a year to complete... hope that helps shed some light on the situation
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