Body-popping sage grouse - Nature's Greatest Dancers - BBC

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"Umm, ladies... My eyes are up here..."

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Keyser Soze bird tits

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Chesticles.

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Breasticles

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Alex Panciera not cesticles man titties

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but that is unoriginal Jayden Games

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crissyisajojofan ew

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no

[@Simplythetruthfulone]

"The females visit for up to a month and judge the males"🤔😂 She was walking around like she was at the flea market😂

[@hayropatendida]

Made me laugh out loud, thank you!!

[@Simplythetruthfulone]

@@hayropatendida Oh your welcome, and thank you for leading me back to this video so I can laugh all over again(I couldn't remember where this video was)😁 She had me laughing so hard for how she was walking around the joint🤣🤣

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@@Simplythetruthfulone wanna rediscover it a 2nd time? 😂

[@aryellariggs7307]

Lol, if only a lot of humans could be this picky! 😂

[@Simplythetruthfulone]

@@bunni9117 Sure do, and I did today!😂🤣 There she is again at the flea market looking to see which man will fit in her cloth tote🤣😂 I tell you I'd love to hear what she is thinking🤣

[@chicodepuertorico1450]

when i heard daft punk i thought i was being trolled.

[@snowdaysrule]

Robbie Olivo Haha I was like "OH MY GOD THIS CANT BE HAPPENING!" But yes, yes it is. So strange lol

[@thiccjoseph5310]

Robbie Olivo Yeah I was like “wtf, daft punk?”

[@adelle3068]

Which daft punk song though 😂

[@MinatheRaichu]

@@adelle3068 around the world

[@angelofdeath275]

ahahaha i seriously cant

[@krosy935]

“competitions are fierce” *soft glub and feather sounds*

[@MyUniqueVibe]

My milkshakes brings all the grouse to the yard, damn right, they're bigger than yours... My bresticles.

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🤣🤣🤣🤣!

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bresticles

[@anonymousperson8259]

Ah, the wonders of nature 😂

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why is around the world playing in the background? I'm dead lmao 😂😂

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Ikr 😂

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I saw your comment before seeming that scene. I started laughing when it started playing! 🤣

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Gotta get that liscencce money

[@AGENTMARIEAKA-AVENGER2236]

Your the one to talk lol

[@ebsibal7318]

What a fascinating animal. I can't believe Brennan didn't know about this amazing animal.

[@beezeisacommunist8205]

lol

[@Dr.Deagle.]

I like thats why im here

[@Shatteredlightunderfadingstars]

Ah a fellow cultured individual I see.

[@andreanisbet2482]

Brennan also led me here 😂

[@SpyrosKoronis]

I know right? He didn't even know of the Roseate Spoonbill.The R o s e a t e. Ssspoooonbiiill.

[@_Obey_]

Birds are just awesome creatures. Come in every shape and form, with Chesticles or other fancy accessoires to impress the ladies 🤣

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Chesticles 🤣🤣!

[@gometioghale8776]

Chesticles 🤣🤣!

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They're all breast friends

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🤣

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Bro...you’re lame bro

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🤣

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Lol

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😂 😂

[@neuroxik]

I've always found animal videos go hand in hand with a British accent narrator

[@ctina2572]

Yes why is this!? Cant we have bobcat goldthwait narrating come on?!

[@lilsammich8252]

Thank god they don't narrate porn.

[@nowandaround312]

@@bruhbruh3736 True but I think British narration is preferred in all of the primary English-speaking countries

[@myname3960]

You mean a narrator with a British accent?

[@ammagon4519]

@@lilsammich8252 but I want to hear a british man narrating "The big alpha male begins to ram the female human in a vicious way, each pound gives the female a feeling of ecstasy, as she feels the big bulging penis penetrate her over and over."

[@joshuablanton3607]

My son and I saw these on a documentary and we were wheezing with laughter 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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☠️

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Who wouldn't reconize a Greater Sage Grouse? Who wouldn't Brennan?

[@beezeisacommunist8205]

leave brennan lee mulligan alone :( he did his best

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm a zoologist who loves birds, and I was like "IT'S A GREATER SAGE GEOUSE BRENNAN"

[@SpyrosKoronis]

I'm sorry, just penguin? JUST PENGUIN?!

[@kharmacal]

we were watching a bird documentary and my mom nearly had a heart attack when we saw this.

[@mrmthemajesticmoose6767]

dear god, how turned on was she?

[@okktok]

Why

[@lizxu322]

Cos they look like eldritch horrors or... because of boobage

[@maritamichelle204]

These birds literally make'n it clap

[@leociresi4292]

Plopppity plopppity

[@21whichiswhich]

I'm my opinion birds are the most flamboyant animals in the planet when it comes to courtship.

[@cupguin]

I mean puffer fish, peacock spiders...

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@@cupguin peafowls are birds

[@cupguin]

@@nyancat.123 I said peacock spiders, those are spiders.

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@@cupguin oh

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@catalina lira cofre Humans do this?

[@newwavepop]

when "Around The World" starting playing i just preoccupied for a moment wondering if some one had added that to it, then saw its the official BBC channel.

[@piplup2009]

In bird world guys flash the females for attention

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People on dating sites seem to think it works the same way for humans

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ZachsAnomaly lmao

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@@vaszgul736 especially on omegle

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@@josephujoestar7894 twitch

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Its the same for human world too

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Their milkshakes brings all the girls to the grasslands.

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And their like *mine is be bigger then yours*

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😂😂😂😂

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Lame bro

[@WobblesandBean]

I love how their idea of fighting is just slapping each other with their wings 😂

[@JeremyHoffman]

"don't clap your chesticles at me, buddy!"

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If this bird was a pokemon.. imagine poke-ball getting bounced back by hitting its balls after being thrown on!

[@christopherwiley01]

Haha Daft Punk's Around the world was perfect for this video! Well done!!

[@MickeyMallone.]

I'm dying; here I am expecting some firework-like boom and then I get, well, whatever that was. But they are beautiful birds, if a bit odd looking. I'd probably come over to investigate just because the sound is so flummoxing.

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I don't what randomly brought me here but I learned something new and I was calm until I showed my boss and he said "What tha Hell they have balls on their necks??!!" I'm dead laughing now🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JeremyHoffman]

The scientific term is "chesticles"

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oh brennan you poor poor soul

[@SpriteTD]

"Pheasant, quail, duck, turkey, and grouse" *GROUSE?!?!?*

[@bubblepopluv1666]

This is what I would call "chest twerking". How can we get this term in the science books? 🤔

[@Zakrulan]

Those birds looks like a big chicken with a feather covered ballsac on its neck

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SAO Kirito san no doubt a better looking ballsac than yours

[@Akaryusan]

i was more thinking boobs but thats just me

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I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Japanese dating game starring these birds

[@meganelizabethmoon]

Chesticles?

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Megan Moon nah they look like boobies

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Breasticles

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Man-titties.

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@Megan Moon No 'man boobs'

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Nah, they got the percolating pectorals.

[@brianmackenzie169]

protect this noble species!

[@billhinkle1653]

Protect them from what? If you mean hunting, please be aware of some FACTS. Sage grouse are hunted legally in 10 of the 11 states they reside in. There has NEVER been a species hunted to extinction by legal sport hunting, since 1910. Hunting seasons, and limits are scientifically set by state and federal agencies, to only take the excess over carrying capacity. BTW, so called "conservationists are all about talk, and noise. Hunters PAY for conservation with license fees, and boosting local revenues, and mostly with voluntary taxes paid into the Pitman- Robertson fund to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars. There is a huge difference between protectionism, and conservation.

[@angelofdeath275]

...Wasnt aware this sound was possible in the natural world.

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"Come hither"

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69 likes *Nice*

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I wanna like but I don't wanna ruin the 69 likes lol

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@@lyraleen1504 Does that really work?

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This is a true demonstration on how to use chesticles.

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I can somewhat see this as a pokemon with that odd sound being its cry.

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2:00 he just hits him over the head 🤣

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poor Brennan

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everything reminds me of him 😔💔

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😅🤦🏾‍♀️😁

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I’m DEADDDDDD

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Lmao nooo 😂

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Wait what?

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GROUSE!?

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Pheasant, quail, duck, turkey and grouse.

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Nature never ceases to amaze. Lol

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Really? Daft Punk? not that I'm complaining, but this has me dyin' xD

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😆😂🤗😂🤗🤣

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Even if it’s a joke, that’s still awesome EDM song.

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This is the best creature I have ever seen 😭

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Nature is so weird and nature is so beautiful !!

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Pec-flexing bird. Cool!

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It must have worked out at a gym. How long

[@jeffhappens1]

So these are real

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This planet surprises me daily from people to animals 😂

[@KingMB_XJ_Official]

GROUSE?!

[@EphemeralProductions]

so funny! love the female grouse; they are cute.

[@a.m.theshinyjohtohunter4287]

I just realized that the Gourmand Skeksis from The Dark Crystal is almost identical to a sage grouse! 🤣 I’m dying! 🤣

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I can't believe this bird is real and it's living on the same planet as me.

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This made me laugh a lot lol

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Them thangs are thangin' 😂

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Lindo demais parabens. Grande abraço Brasil

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Georgeous

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Annnny one else come here after watching game changer 😂

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I didn't know then now I know that they can produce a disco music

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Wow nice voice 😘😍 & good birds... 👌 👌👌....

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Enjoyed alot to watch such video....

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Bro really evolved to go bloop gloop 💀

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Big Tiddy Bird Big Tiddy Bird

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0:47 wow they sound exactly like daft punks around the world 😲

[@nemmie]

LOLLINGTONS!!!! Sage grouse, Daft Punk and what sounds like the legend that is Steve Bagshaw makes this heady concoction, This is the perfect video. Nuff said

[@emanalarier9469]

i loved it

[@ayato1292]

He got the chesticles

[@msagzjr.4641]

I expected them to emit some sort of screech and start dancing or something but what I got was...Unusual to say the least o_O

[@Irokaj-backwards]

these birds are straight out of a movie xD wtf evolution

[@maverickh9]

Watching this calls to mind images of children dropping their ice cream and crying.

[@BipolarForJesus]

wow wee! awesome!

[@jordanwhite352]

This is even more interesting when you factor in that. Thanks to recent research that long neck giant syropods had the similar type of air sacs, which means now imagine along that dinosaur the size of a skyscraper on its side doing this exact same thing.

[@mariannadyachenko3612]

i love the dance idk why

[@user-ru9gf7ky2y]

I live in Sage Grouse country. They are a beautiful bird.

[@TheMKVSDBZFAN1]

anybody want to know the name of the song it's called Around the World by Daft Punk

[@yes-qr4xt]

Those shots with the music XDD

[@empawprint]

Damn...that some dance move over there....or should I say, abs flashing moves...

[@vtecro3600]

งามหลาย😊👍

[@TheLastHylianTitan]

oh my god, this bird is gainaxing.

[@julianaylor4351]

It's amazing the lengths some bird species go to mate.🐤🐦❤️💋🐦🐤

[@briankelly6432]

Awesome

[@prislaem3838]

Narrator: this is what is happening! Cameraman: *zooms in on birds' chest, then shows back of birds, then wings...* Me: what's happening? I can't tell what it's doing! Just give me a decent shot of these birds doing their ritual, please!

[@madhubantimukherjee8138]

Nice footage

[@grawlixTV]

If I saw a bird doing that I'd assume it was about to barf

[@mencarisolusi1353]

Wanderful

[@deni_onrust]

beautifully bird

[@simon_96]

Extraordinarily fancy bird Evolution in this case must've meant that the female sage grouses have the fashion sense for the biggest fur coat and over millions of years they evolved into the way they are now

[@muhammaddaniyalrashid9463]

Wow subhanAllah

[@taylorb3830]

Yes!

[@Elias___]

Why did they zoom in like that 😂

[@Ifnotbeyoubeme]

I’m screaming

[@99Getrdone]

When I saw there mating ritual I laughed so hard

[@realkingofantarctica]

Oh yeah, that's 5 point material.

[@ElegwentEgotist]

“I want my JERRY BEADS!” *Flashes chesticles.

[@Princessotaku666]

Male bird: Hey ladies wanna see my “Air Sacks”

[@kidowmer]

Imagine carrying two huge balloons at chest level.. Awesome, weird & wonderful nature! 😂

[@SuperMonaLisaBros]

Imagine carrying two huge balloons between your thighs.

[@kariel5399]

Looks like a pokemon

[@Bliffenstimmers]

Sounds like dodgeballs but with water also

[@MonicaMartella-xq7wf]

Truly bizarre. I love it.

[@marzipanmenthol]

If I was a Pokémon I would be this and my attack would be the sonic waves produced from the clapping of my monumental bazongas

[@IA_777]

After watching one of Zefrank's videos, I cant unhear "abulba abulbabulba"

[@basstion4146]

Ohhhhh yeah

[@sameymuhammed889]

Nice video