Been learning quite a bit about spiders the last few days, as I put together my notes for the first presentation on pest groups for work. ( "Eight-legged Freaks - A Few Facts About Spiders & How To Control Them". BWAHHAAHAAAHAA - talk about given the monkey the keys to the banana plantation ( Read more... )

First wtf_nature post woot! Hope I'm not doin it wrong.

More on the apparently popular subject of insect sex, while googling around I found this reference to the mating rituals of dance flies.


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 You may or may not find this WTF, but I find this mating ritual truly fantastic. A real original.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XgnOQqLhrlw

Berlepsch's Six-Wired Bird of Paradise.

It almost looks like he's violating her :/


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First time poster here, hi.

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Turn your speakers up.

I don't think this has been posted before, if it has, delete it please

http://www.cracked.com/article_15926_15-most-bizarre-animal-mating-rituals.html

Some are more common knowledge, but there's a few of what I'd consider more obscure facts tossed in.

in addition to all the interesting camel facts in deringer's last post ( did you know that Australian feral camels are the last wild dromedaries in the world? And HIGHLY sought after for racing stock ( Read more... )

Manakins are small South American birds that move insanely fast, make crazy sounds with their wings, and, well, moonwalk!

When I saw this I laughed so hard. gffahwjeha!

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Dance along!

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