Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Temminck’s Tragopan Tries out His Mating Display


Wistful expression…


Check.

Horns…


Check.

Amazing wattle that comes out of nowhere…



Check.

(For more on the tragopan, and why it does this, see my post Desire Under the Aviary).


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4 comments:

Anca said...

The post made me laugh, and the bird is simply astounding! If only designers looked at birds, can you imagine the beauty of fabric? The daring combination of colors and patterns?

biobabbler said...

Ho-leee-COW! I'm done. Swooned. Cant.even.talk.just.wanna.marry.him.

AWESOME!

Olivia V. Ambrogio said...

Too bad he doesn't seem to have that effect on the female tragopan! Mainly she just tilts her head to the side with an "I've seen it before" expression.

THOMAS said...

the best!!!

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