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Face of a Hummingbird Resembles a Baby Octopus
As part of a fascinating courting behavior, this Costa’s hummingbird flares the feathers around its face to create a poof of iridescent pink that bears an uncanny resemblance to the shape of a cartoonish baby octopus. The near-complete lack of interest from the female bird in this video is almost comical, there’s a metaphor here.
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