King Bird of Paradise -vs- Red-Capped Manakin

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It's hard to believe that just over fifty years ago psychology was in the firm grip of behaviorism, which denied any semblance of intelligence or emotion in animals. (They were just biological machines.) Talk of anything but stimulus and reward was just sentimental pseudoscience.
tags: dancing bird, Wire-tailed manakin,

I remember this video from a while back, the most astonishing part being the "moonwalking" of the Golden-headed (Yellow-thighed) Manakin, Pipra erythrocephala- extraordinary!

By David Hilmy (not verified) on 12 Jan 2010 #permalink