These avians are some regular Fabios, wooing the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk? Can you walk on water if you love someone enough? Then, we play the popular bird dating show, The MATING GAME! With special guest Kimia Behpoornia.

FOOTNOTES:
The grebe's beautiful mating dance
The grebe's weed dance (heh)
The red-capped manakin's moonwalk
Lance-tailed manakin wingman dance
Blue manakin's boy band dance
Snowball the cockatoo's dance moves
Sea lion dances
Black-bellied bustard cork-popping call
Club-winged manakin buzz pop and lock
Capuchin bird's bizarre call
Willow grouse call
White bellbird's record-breaking loud call (warning: loud)
Howard the bowerbird dance
Frigatebird blows up his neck balloon
Kiwi's awkward mating ritual
Bald eagle mating spiral
Check out the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital




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These avians are some regular Fabios, wooing the ladies with spectacular displays of romance. Why do birds dance? Why do some birds do the moonwalk? Can you walk on water if you love someone enough? Then, we play the popular bird dating show, The MATING GAME! With special guest Kimia Behpoornia.FOOTNOTES:<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRrxw-H6xA">The grebe's beautiful mating dance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwbkSCgKvU">The grebe's weed dance (heh)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42C6ajjqWg">The red-capped manakin's moonwalk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9FZSDmR1U">Lance-tailed manakin wingman dance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zxJPQlFFTI">Blue manakin's boy band dance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMjr8MsB1qo">Snowball the cockatoo's dance moves</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/2/140216-sea-lion-parrot-music-animal-behavior-science/">Sea lion dances</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newsflare.com/video/202024/animals/uncommon-bird-makes-a-truly-weird-sounding-mating-call">Black-bellied bustard cork-popping call</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHjhCN6NC0">Club-winged manakin buzz pop and lock</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA5JqcNpLTw">Capuchin bird's bizarre call</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-E3YdAR1U">Willow grouse call</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvK-DujvpSY">White bellbird's record-breaking loud call (warning: loud)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XkPeN3AWIE">Howard the bowerbird dance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_gI4R9H9M">Frigatebird blows up his neck balloon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmkUpu7_Aic">Kiwi's awkward mating ritual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ1VQ-4LYAI">Bald eagle mating spiral</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.koalahospital.org.au/">Check out the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital</a></li>
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