mating ritual images - Joel Sartore

In Galapagos National Park, a male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) distends his striking red gular sac in hopes of attracting a mate.

One of a mated pair of blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) does a mating dance on North Seymour, in the Galapagos Islands.

A female Attwater’s prairie-chicken amid booming males vying for her attention at The Nature Conservancy’s Texas City Prairie Preserve.

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