This bizarre-looking creature is a long-wattled umbrellabird. The wattle hanging from its chest is a sexual ornament: the umbrellabird equivalent of the peacock's tail. Males display it to attract females. Ditto the Elvis quiff. Sexual selection really went to town on birds. pic.twitter.com/XKGk4re8tq
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 24, 2020
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October 25, 2020 at 02:14AM
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