Creature Feature

Thirsty Birds

01.29.2020 - By iHeartPodcastsPlay

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These avians are some regular Fabios, wooing the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk? Can you walk on water if you love someone enough? Then, we play the popular bird dating show, The MATING GAME! With special guest Kimia Behpoornia. FOOTNOTES:

The grebe's beautiful mating dance

The grebe's weed dance (heh)

The red-capped manakin's moonwalk

Lance-tailed manakin wingman dance

Blue manakin's boy band dance

Snowball the cockatoo's dance moves

Sea lion dances

Black-bellied bustard cork-popping call

Club-winged manakin buzz pop and lock

Capuchin bird's bizarre call

Willow grouse call

White bellbird's record-breaking loud call (warning: loud)

Howard the bowerbird dance

Frigatebird blows up his neck balloon

Kiwi's awkward mating ritual

Bald eagle mating spiral

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