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Tropical birds' 'leapfrog' courtship dance

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Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins pair up to perform a courtship song and dance.

Dubbed "backwards leapfrog", the footage was filmed in Costa Rica, by zoologists from the University of Wyoming.

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