9/11/2009

The sex life of Gouldian finches

A male Gouldian finch (Photo: Martybugs, from Wikipedia, under Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 License)
If you've got seven minutes to spare, you might enjoy this video in which Mark Horstman reports on the extraordinary sex life of the Gouldian finch, where choosing the wrong mate can have very dire consequences.