Sentences with phrase «female bowerbirds»

Patricelli's robot showed with its movements that female bowerbirds control the intensity of male mating displays.

Showy birds» nests have attracted many fans across the ages, from female bowerbirds to 19th - century young naturalists.

Female bowerbirds are very important to male bowerbirds, and the birdbot met enough of the males» mating criteria, so they considered it real.

Bigger is better for a female bowerbird in search of a mate, and males are prepared to manipulate perspective to convince them.

BIGGER is better for a female bowerbird in search of a mate, and males are prepared to manipulate perspective to exploit this.

A female bowerbird is of far less importance to the casual human observer, and it is perhaps because of this indifference that the robot also fooled a number of humans.

Not exact matches

Male bowerbirds use forced perspective — and impressive building skills — to woo the females of the species.

In nearly every species of bowerbird, males impress females by building elaborate structures called bowers: long, twiggy corridors that open to a courtyard decorated with small objects.

It remains to be seen, however, whether the bowerbird traditions exist because males are copying the decoration selection made by their more successful neighbors or whether the preferences of females dictate the males» choices of ornamentation.

Male bowerbirds build bowers — twig tunnels furnished with decorations — that are designed to entice females and act as a stage for courtship and copulation.

The female birdbot was able to fluff up its feathers, move its head, and crouch by rising up and tilting forward; crouching signals to a male bowerbird that a female is ready to mate.