What Does The Craziest Courtships Shads?

Young males practice the craziest courtships displays. The males face many challenges. They face competition for display territories and instance scrutiny from potential mates. They enjoy a life of leisure. Many birds of paradise have evolved several strategies to help them prepare for adulthood.
Many males born with brown feathers of females remain in “female dress” beyond their first year. This stage can last up to five years and possibly more. Because of this male may spend a quarter of their lives “dressed”as females before growing their elaborate male plumes.
Young males need this amount of time to maximize the chances that they will attract mates when they finally lose their female feathers. Adult males do not view them as competitive
The courtship behaviors are examples of extraordinary behavioral ornamentation that serve no purpose behind being attractive. Some display behaviors are relatively simple. Others are composed of many intricate parts but are revealing.
Since feathers are so familiar to us, we rarely stop to admire how well they are constructed. Feathers are light weight but strong. Feathers are waterproof and are insulated while being breathable at the same time. Feathers also help make an airfoil for creating lift on the wings. They serve as rudders for “steering” on the tail. The most outstanding feature of feathers is their amazing color patterns and color. Each feather is lost and regrown annually through the process of molting. Feathers are one of the most versatile biologicalg structures to ever have been evolved.
The feathers that serve as the centerpieces of the birds are used as a display to females during courtship. The males’ feathers have made these birds so appealing to people ever since they first laid eyes on them. These feathers are used as ornaments among the New Guinea people. The caught the attention of the hunters who wanted to meet the demands of high fashion in 19th century Europe and America. The feathers have evolved in ways that make these birds very much so
Their song and dance traditionally are used for ritualized warfare, courtship and nearly every form of social interaction.
In a blink of the eye the male birds of paradise can change shape. These birds are masters of transformation. When people see a shape shifting display for the time, they think it is bizarre. The shapes are put together from a combination of specialized and behaviors that any other bird does not have. These birds shape shift by their wings. They create an unusual ovoid shape. The bird has coordinated the alignment of many individual feathers with specific body movements that create the shape shifting illusion. This has to be one of the most incredible, beautiful behaviors in the animal world.
The birds of paradise will forever hold the position as one of God’s