Nature is entertaining, particularly when animals try to entice mates. This Attwater prairie rooster’s mating dance is so foolish, watching it go down will make your day higher.
Whereas we wouldn’t name this ritual mating dance extreme (some birds actually make a scene), the bizarre booming sound, the orange inflating neck sacs, and the feather headdress are all fairly present off-y. It’s the little tap-tap-tap routine that’ll win your coronary heart, although.
Let’s hope, for this male’s sake, its mating dance wins the center of a woman prairie rooster, too:
Attwater prairie chickens are critically endangered. Whereas they used to roam gulf coast prairies all through Texas and Louisiana, the birds’ numbers dwindled all through the final century because of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, overhunting, and pink imported hearth ants. As we speak, in response to the USFWS (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service), Attwater prairie chickens solely dwell in two Texas counties—Colorado County and Goliad County.
Coastal prairie habitats within the birds’ historic vary took a success because of urbanization, conversion into pastures and croplands, and industrial enlargement. The USFWS says lower than 1% of the estimated 6 million acres of gulf coastal prairie habitat stays as we speak.
For the reason that odds haven’t been in these birds’ favor, it’s necessary that this foolish mating dance leads to a profitable pairing, mating, and beginning.
Can’t get sufficient of the prairie rooster’s mating ritual? Right here’s an extended video:
