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A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display. These behaviors often include ritualized movement ("dances"), vocalizations, mechanical sound production, or displays of beauty, strength, or agonistic ability.
The male mating dance is all about showing a female how fit and healthy he is. Only strong birds who are free from disease would have such magnificent plumage and be able to form such intricate moves.
During mating season, the breeding grounds can be a loud place with courtship dances occurring around the island including bill clacking and the noisy calls of multiple mating pairs. The Galapagos ...
During mating, male redback spiders perform an elaborate courtship dance, then voluntarily somersault onto the female's fangs. If she's in the mood for a snack, she'll eat him while mating continues.
Dance: Males dance in front of females. Cranes provide a well-known example. As a propagandist, the cock behaves as though he knew that it was as advantageous to impress the males as the females of his species, and a sprightly bearing with fine feathers and triumphant song are quite as well adapted for war-propaganda as for courtship.
Many male birds have brightly coloured plumage for display. This feather is from a male Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus. Sexual display by a Megaselia female.. Display behaviour is a set of ritualized behaviours that enable an animal to communicate to other animals (typically of the same species) about specific stimuli. [1]
Mating dances can include coordinated steps, leg movements, wing displays, showing off body parts like claws or horns, or rubbing antennae. Often it is the female that is being wooed by the male.
Many animal species have specific mating (or breeding) periods e.g. (seasonal breeding) so that offspring are born or hatch at an optimal time. In marine species with limited mobility and external fertilisation like corals , sea urchins and clams , the timing of the common spawning is the only externally visible form of sexual behaviour.