Magical Beasts: Breaking the Egg to See the Bottom~

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In the natural world, survival of the fittest and the fittest survive. Almost all animals are evolving in some directions, but some species have evolved in 'strange' directions.

Today, let's talk about some birds that have evolved in strange ways.

Blue-footed Booby

When I saw Tang Old Duck in the cartoon, after being enchanted…Blue feetConstantly dancing, very interesting.

However, in reality, there also exist animals with blue feet – 'Blue-footed Booby'

Indeed, its 'beautiful blue feet' is the product of natural evolution. Their main food is some sardines in the sea. Many fish muscles are rich in carotenoids. These carotenoids are absorbed by it and combined with some special proteins in its body, creating this unique 'blue' feet.

Blue-footed Booby showing its feet

So, what are the 'blue feet' used for? In the natural world, survival of the fittest, and blue-footed boobies are mostly monogamous, so the female blue-footed booby often chooses a stronger, healthier male to breed with. The blue feet of the blue-footed booby represent its health condition. The deeper the blue feet, the more food it can get, the more skillful its hunting is, and the stronger its body and nutrition are. Such 'beautiful blue feet' can naturally win the favor of female blue-footed boobies.

Emu Peacock Chicken

It is a 'secret angel' among birds, a species of peafowl living in North America.

The male emu peacock chicken has two large chest sacs hanging on its chest, yes, just like the blue-footed booby, they grow this strange organ to attract females. Generally, emu peacocks have a courtship ritual. They will first build their nests, and then the male emu peacocks will gather on a courtship ground, and the male emu peacocks will proudly show their feathers and chest sacs to the female emu peacocks to attract female emu peacocks to mate.

At a glance, it looks like a muscular man showing his flexible chest muscles.

Crown Peacock Chicken

Unlike ordinary peafowl, the crown peacock chicken has a strange 'helmet' shape above its beak, this 'helmet' not only helps to transmit calls, but also like a small loudspeaker, it can also attract the favor of female crown peacock chickens.

Moreover, this peculiar-looking crown peacock chicken is a particularly sentimental bird, more loyal to love than swans. In its life, it only finds one partner, and once its partner dies, it will also starve to death on its back. Hunting one of them is equivalent to destroying a crown peacock family.

And crown peacock chickens will also have peculiar 'kissing' rituals, which usually occur when playing, courting, or fighting for territory.

Whalehead Heron

When you see a whalehead heron in the zoo, you might think it's a fake bird placed by the zoo to trick you. Whalehead herons are named because their beaks resemble a whale's head.

In some people's impression, whalehead herons are dull and dull.

When you see food in front of you in the zoo, it's difficult to eat food.

Even when a duck blocks the way in the wild, it will pick up the duck and throw it aside.

The duck looks confused

The duck looks frightened

It has also been called 'dog' by a large number of netizens because of its peculiar behavior.

It even bows to people, a really 'polite' whalehead heron.

Very comical, I guess the bird itself will think 'bird lost'

Ultra-long reflex arc

Irrefutably, it does have some 'hamsters', but in the wild, whalehead herons are close to the top predators. It also has some 'hamsters' in the wild, often standing motionless for hours, perhaps meditating, or contemplating.

But when hunting, it changes its demeanor drastically,

Boom, it's wood

Its beak is only 20 cm long but can capture 40 cm long lungfish, its beak is very powerful.

When food is unavailable, it preys on young crocodiles, and even bites the shells of turtles.