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    8 Fascinating Ways Birds Say "I Love You"

    Not sure how to tell your crush how you feel? Take some advice from these guys. Everyone knows that birds have dating down to a wonderfully quirky science.

    1. Instantly growing a skin beard

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    You know how some human women are into facial hair? Female Temminck's tragopans (a type of pheasant) are into bright blue skin beards. Happily, the male of the species sports such a thing, but he usually keeps it hidden until it's time to court a lady bird. Basically, things go down like this: "I love you enough to show you my skin beard now, baby. Wanna screw?" Male tragopans are huge teases, incidentally.

    2. Inflating a giant heart-shaped pouch

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    Frigatebirds are REALLY LOUD. Just so you know.

    3. Becoming a giant smiley face

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    Video here, because it's that much more impressive this way.

    4. Building a love shack, gifting brightly-colored presents, and doing a sultry dance

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    Bowerbirds take courtship very, very seriously. The male builds a structure called a bower which he surrounds with brightly colored objects he thinks his potential mate might like. You know, because having a nice house is important. If a female enters a male's bower, the male tries one last time to impress her by shimmying and shaking his feathers. We can only assume that he's trying to explain that he's had a few drinks beforehand to ease his nerves. Go easy on him, lady bird.

    5. Moonwalking

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    Male manakin birds moonwalk to attract mates (skip to 2:20). Yes, moonwalk. Hey, it worked for Michael Jackson.

    6. Synchronized dancing

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    I think it's working.

    7. Showing off their enormous blue feet

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    With sound effects.

    8. Being the bird with a thousand voices

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    While many birds sing when they go a-courting, no bird's range is quite as impressive as the Superb Lyrebird, which should have its own act on The Tonight Show or something. Basically, Lyrebirds can mimic just about anything, and they'll rattle off every sound they've ever heard for their lady friends. This includes chainsaws, you guys. Chainsaws.