bowerbirds in A Sentence

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    Bowerbirds are also pretty competitive and will sometimes resort to going over to another bird's bower to steal stuff or mess it up.

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    As a result, male Bowerbirds put in a lot of thought and hard work to make that good visual first impression on the ladies.

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    Bowerbirds: When looking for a mate, Bowerbirds(found in northern parts of Australia) put in a little more sophistication and effort into the process unlike a lot of other animals.

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    If you Google around for pictures of a Bowerbirds nest, it's rather impressive to see just how creative they can get with their decorating.

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    That said, it has also been observed that the most popular male Bowerbirds have it all- good looks, the artistic talent displayed through their beautiful homes and the most charm, courting their ladies with song and dance.

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    The younger female Bowerbirds are quick to judge a book by its cover, or in this case, a bowerbird by his bachelor pad and they pick the male with the best looking bower.

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    These studies are largely based on“costly signalling theory”- a model borrowed from evolutionary biology which suggests that conspicuous displays that are difficult to acquire, such as the elaborate and colourful nests of Bowerbirds, serve a vital function in signalling one's desirable traits.

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    However, the more mature female Bowerbirds(once she's already fallen for the guys with the fancy bachelor pads and mated a few times) aren't so easily impressed with just their homes and start looking for more of a courtship from the male himself.

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