Smileys are indubitably romantic

[faythalie]

Birds of Paradise are so gorgeous and go to extraordinary length to seduce their loved ones:

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BEST MATING TACTIC EVER!!! XD

I also love the tidying up beforehand and the "What the fuck? Leave me alone reaction" of the female.
Gosh, everything we, humans, could come up with, Nature has already done, and a billion times better.

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[ellaquin]

I feel so bad for those guys. But good lord the second one was rather intimidating, the whole giant aqua gapping mouth....meep.

Generally our birdie (a Nandae conour) only tries to seduce my sister, but, since she's gone off to college, he's gotten a little less picky and done some rather impressive dancing for me, but, honestly, it creeps me out to no end. You'd think, as he's in a cage, and another species, I'd be able to find it funny, but no, I'm just as creeped out when the bird hits on me as when people do.