educe me » biology http://www.educeme.com Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:33:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Red Capped Manakin is One of the Best Birds Ever http://www.educeme.com/2009/02/03/the-red-capped-manakin-is-one-of-the-best-birds-ever/ http://www.educeme.com/2009/02/03/the-red-capped-manakin-is-one-of-the-best-birds-ever/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:19:01 +0000 Anne http://www.educeme.com/?p=1374

The Manakin Moonwalk

PBS clip of the Manakin bird’s mating dance

Dr. Kimberly S. Bostwick at Cornell

[updated to add:]

Here is the clip were I first saw this bird, in an episode of the BBC show Quite Interesting (worth seeking out and watching in itself):

Moonwalking Manakin – QI

Clip of moonwalking Manakin bird from BBC show, Quite Interesting

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