Ridiculous mating dance of the Waved Albatross
David sez, "Waved Albatrosses mate for life, and they breed on just one island in the Galapagos. But they don't spend all their time there, so they do this elaborate mating dance so they can learn to recognize each other when they return."
This is some mating dance -- like the elaborate gang-handshakes we used to think up when we were stoned, but a thousand times sillier, with funny noises, beak-fencing, and a lot of general bobbing up and down.
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(Thanks, David!)
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