Thirsty Birds

These avians are some regular Fabios, wooing the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk? Can you walk on water if you love someone enough? Then, we play the popular bird dating show, The MATING GAME! With special guest Kimia Behpoornia.

FOOTNOTES:

The grebe's beautiful mating dance The grebe's weed dance (heh) The red-capped manakin's moonwalk Lance-tailed manakin wingman dance Blue manakin's boy band dance Snowball the cockatoo's dance moves Sea lion dances Black-bellied bustard cork-popping call Club-winged manakin buzz pop and lock Capuchin bird's bizarre call Willow grouse call White bellbird's record-breaking loud call (warning: loud) Howard the bowerbird dance Frigatebird blows up his neck balloon Kiwi's awkward mating ritual Bald eagle mating spiral Check out the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital

Habanera by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license

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