Cockatoos impress opposite sex with Phil Collins-style drum solos

Scientists find male birds performing alone with small sticks before female audience, with calls, periodic blushing, and raising feathers on their crestsResearchers have captured the first footage of cockatoos bashing out drum solos with little sticks and seedpods in what are believed to be musical displays to impress the opposite sex.Scientists took the extraordinary footage after stalking the shy and elusive creatures for seven years through the unspoilt wilderness of the Cape York peninsula in far North Queensland.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 28, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Animal behaviour UK news Birds Animals Source Type: news