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You can find almost any color of the rainbow among the birds-of-paradise. Males advertise themselves with color—often several vivid colors combined—while females have brownish plumage whose main purpose is camouflage. This video explores the range of colors, two of the main ways birds produce colors, and how males display them to maximum effect. The Cornell Lab’s Ed Scholes explains. Filmed and photographed by Tim Laman.
There are currently seventy-two short films in the entire Birds-of-Paradise Project playlist, ranging from 26 seconds to 8:29. In the upcoming weeks, we will present some of our favorites.
A film from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you. [Chuck Almdale]
We continue the PBS explanation of evolution in twelve short episodes, suitable for all.
This is an installment of the PBS – It’s OK to be Smart series. If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you.
Watch all 18 minutes of this 12-part series at once and avoid the Dropbox ads here.
[Chuck Almdale]
Bird Song Opera | YouTube Video
This must be seen and heard to be believed.
Watch it at least twice. It gets better. 3 ½ minutes.
Music by W. A. Mozart, arranged and edited by Volker Pannes, www.shakeup.de
Many thanks to “Hollywood” Dave Surtees, aficionado of strange humor, for sending this in. [Chuck Almdale]
Does Evolution Violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics? – 12 Days of Evolution #8 | PBS Science Video
We continue the PBS explanation of evolution in twelve short episodes, suitable for all.
This is an installment of the PBS – It’s OK to be Smart series. If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you.
Watch all 18 minutes of this 12-part series at once and avoid the Dropbox ads here.
[Chuck Almdale]
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