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the male spends his whole life learning to dance so well rejection becomes a career.
feather physicsBlack plumes absorb 99.95% of light, blacker than Vantablack rivals
audition cultureFemales reject most males; standards are brutally high
shape-shifterSome transform into a pulsing smiley-face oval to dance
new guineaMost of 42 species live nowhere else on Earth
the plant tooA namesake flower mimics the bird's vivid crest