The Magnificent Riflebird's Courtship Dance

Birds-of-paradise have some of the most theatrical breeding rituals in the natural world. This avian family’s penchant for excessive (and entirely harmless) courtship display is the evolutionary result of millennia of relatively easy living in its native New Guinea. With few predators or inhospitable elements to fight off, females have come to place a higher premium on what we humans might refer to as an “artistic” skill set.
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