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Birders

cyclonefence

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3. What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 05:30 PM

Dec 2022

In the first (non-display) parts of the video, I was struck by how dinosaur-like this bird looks. It was the first time I guess I really believed that birds were dinosaur descendants. Look at that tail! It could be a dinosaur's tail. And the center of gravity must be how dinosaurs maintained their balance with such huge bodies on two legs.

Thanks so much for posting this.

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▶️ Great Argus Pheasant - Most Spectacular Courtship Display [View all] Donkees Dec 2022 OP

Very cool - but the hen didn't look especially impressed. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #1

What a gorgeous display!! Incredible!! secondwind Dec 2022 #2

What a strange center of gravity the male bird maintains when not displaying cyclonefence Dec 2022 #3

After all of that, how she not be saying, okay, you earned it buddy? 😬 MLAA Dec 2022 #4

Wow what a display! I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #5