Bird Attraction Based on Illusion (4 of 6) (VIDEO)

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A male displays to a female at his bower, while the female stands within the bower and watches the male displaying outside. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 20, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by L.A. Kelley at Deakin University in Geelong, VIC, Australia, and colleagues was titled, “Illusions Promote Mating Success in Great Bowerbirds.”

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Video courtesy of L.A. Kelley

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