Last night, on Animal Planet... I was watching the mating rituals of ostriches... and I was fascinated because it is exactly how humans behave!
- The female "flirts" with her head down and feathers spread out (totally PCD!!) and the male chases after her. She runs, making the male harder for it. Male backs off... she flirts teasingly again, chases her, does and impressive dance, and she accepts him.
- Another female, had two males chasing her, and the males tried to scare each other away by making noise through beating their wings. One does a feather dance for her, but she moves away. The other male starts chasing her, hoping to have luck, but she just teases back. He eventually sees another female off in the distance, and tries his luck with her.
- The male approaches the new female, but she pretends not to notice, grooming herself (hair toss). But he gives her an impressive feather dance, and she likes him.
We can learn a lot from ostriches... eh? :p
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