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Topic Categories: Behavior • Ornithology • Streaming videos
Posted on: December 19, 2007 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: slow motion, streaming video
I've linked to streaming videos of moonwalking male manakin (birds) before, but it is so amazing that I had to share two more links with you (the first one of these videos of the moonwalking manakins is the extended version, and both are new links to this site). Includes music by Michael Jackson [3:28 & 1:50]
Yet another video of these birds that you will enjoy [1:50];
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Comments
Goodness, it's an Aracuan bird! :-)
And I really like Ms Boswick's [sp?] rendition of the dance...
Posted by: kai | December 20, 2007 9:42 AM
Really? Because Ms. Boswick's rendition of the dance actually kind of freaks me out.
Posted by: Andrew | December 21, 2007 10:38 AM
Hey Devorah-
I showed the first of these manakin videos to my sociobio class when I introduced the concept of sexual selection. The whole class laughed uproariously. It was great. Thanks for sharing!
-L
Posted by: lisa | January 21, 2008 9:15 PM