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Episode 4.6: How a Tap-Dancing Bird Challenges Traditional Sexual Selection


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In this episode of How a Tap-Dancing Bird Challenges Traditional Sexual Selection, you will discover how a tiny songbird, the Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, uses its tap-dancing skills and elaborate courtship displays to flip what we know about attraction in the bird world. Instead of males solely displaying the mating behavior, both males and females sing, bob, […]
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Winging itBy UNC Charlotte Biology of Birds