Thursday, 14 May 2015

How Do You Learn the Sex Secrets of Birds? Send in the Fembot

by Megan Gannon, News Editor | May 14, 2015 07:16am ET

Considering that most of his comrades would die without ever mating, Dick was impressive.

He once pulled off 30 copulations in a single morning, 23 of them in as many minutes. Usually coy females were enamored with him. When other males got too close, he didn't trouble himself with long, drawn-out turf wars. Instead, with a brisk thwack, Dick repelled any intruders and got back to dancing. And he danced hard, for hours on end.

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