The Grouse's Unique Mating Ritual | America the Beautiful

[@NatGeoAnimals]

Male grouses looking for a mate can be interesting to watch as well as listen to! What are your thoughts on this unique mating ritual?

[@touremuhammad5983]

Nat Geo WILD they can be heard from up to 3 miles away

[@touremuhammad5983]

Kerry Li pretty much. They're a fashion disaster

[@jenniferloving9054]

Nat Geo WILD It's unique all right!

[@tree-huggersans-cur4371]

Drag shows have been in dna for quite a while.

[@lukmanibrahim2993]

My thoughts are: Their giblets is weird to me 😳

[@Eskapismus]

That's where Skype's sounds come from.

[@buddhasdisciple4935]

LOL...these birds should file a copyrights lawsuit against Bill Gates

[@mamaharumi]

@@buddhasdisciple4935 I know its a joke but Microsoft didn't own Skype until 2011

[@costamesastoner]

“He will have no Further contact with her or her young” eyy just like my dad

[@kevinallen5450]

stray cat 😂😂😂😂😂😂 hit her and quit her

[@Jim19822]

Me two

[@cecegiles7753]

stray cat Wow i thought only humans abandon kids

[@angelicaantezana9114]

Oof.

[@93adblue]

"LOOK AT MAH BALLS GIRL YOU CAN´T RESIST THIS JIGGLE"

[@AzlianaLyana]

Nature is just full of surprises when it comes to mating calls. What a unique way to get the female's attention. Too bad the male will never get to know its young ones after, though. Thanks for sharing National Geographic.

[@NatGeoAnimals]

It truly is a fascinating way to capture attention, Azliana! The grouse give proper meaning to the term "mating calls" - the sounds they make are sure to turn heads!

[@helsiclife]

their tails are stunning!

[@NisseOhlsen]

They are radiant 😂

[@MuhammadEgypt]

Such a beautiful bird!

[@gawayne1374]

Evolution produces such strange and unexpected results

[@Ragnarra]

Just look at the fossil record! There are quite a few the gorilla-horse species for example has no living descendants yet had to be the strangest species I've ever seen its not talked about neary enough I think. Or the seabird that had sharp tooth like protrustions on its bill.

[@thethoughtexperiment9071]

I prefer to think of it as there are no expected results

[@tbana2396]

"Grouse!?" - Scott the Woz

[@godwinadedoyin8742]

The greater sage grouse are one of my favorite birds of North America and my most favorite part of this video is when one greater sage grouse was chasing the other one away.

[@godwinadedoyin8742]

Greater Sage Grouse are one of my favorite species of birds in North America.

[@lorjin007ify]

Unique birds Producing sounds to lure the female, this is wonderful nature having a "Chesticles"

[@sassyscrofa1972]

Chesticles 🤣🤣🤣

[@wiseass5045]

They also taught and inspired the Natives to dance. Sharp tail grouse have a nice dance also.

[@sharokhjoudi4693]

Thank you very much for your beautiful videos.

[@Stokedhavok]

SHAROKH JOUDI What a kind comment. National Geographic videos are definitely awesome, being both educational AND entertaining! This entices people, especially children, to develop an active desire to learn new things about all kinds of animals plus nature in general. 😊😊😊

[@MuhammadEgypt]

A fleeting moment of fancy. haha

[@araujo3326]

Brazil south american love geograpic channel

[@LucaMatoke]

I love these birds

[@arescet]

I'm awful, i know his eyes are up there but my eyes.. i can't control them. *jiggle jiggle*

[@Garvey64LIVE64]

G R O U S E

[@claireumadhay5582]

Nice vid but what kind of animals are they look like similar to chickens??

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

claire umadhay Probably, although without looking it up I might say they are more closely related to turkeys. The way the female squatted down for the male and shaking herself afterwards is very chicken like. I haven't witnessed turkeys getting it on, so I can't compare.

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

Acccording to wikipedia, they're phasianines phasianoids galliforms, and they're quite close to turkeys and somewhat close to chickens, partridges and quails

[@claireumadhay5582]

Thanks guys

[@5Mariner]

When you want your teenage students to pay attention in biology class.

[@a.kay.c]

Someone try to tell me evolution made a bird like this.

[@everythingyouwant16]

Perfect evolution

[@marciocampos7463]

First time I heard of it. I really loved it! What boys get to do for impressing the girls... aaaa...

[@さおり-i4u]

That is one Famous Grouse

[@thisrandomdude2880]

My friend refers to these things as chesticles, and I don't know how to feel about that...

[@Franz19970]

The one Chad sage goose gets all the chicks haha

[@timeenoughforart]

The music playing over the mating call irritated me. Other than that, A+!

[@suchartboontid2560]

Is this bird for real? I feel like nature is yanking my chain.

[@MrCheeseDeer]

Started breathing manually thanks to the narrator. 😑

[@apollo5261]

Thing looks like an alien peacock.

[@aladhil6368]

Waow

[@GreenviewStudioGallery]

imagine a human male shaking his giblets at a woman to get her to think, ooo he's a prize! LMAO!!!

[@paulphoenix8673]

To think that birds are more straightforward than humans when it comes to courtship.

[@megha6691]

So much for a one day stand !!! 😅😅😅

[@CarloRodriguez10]

Their tales remind me of the ( throne) in GOT 🧐

[@marvinsutton3]

My stomach when the class is quiet 😂

[@Californiagent]

Epic

[@Duricas]

Species Centrocerus urophasianus is the largest of all North America grouse species, belonging to the Genus Centrocerus, a genus which includes one other species of North American grouse. The genus belongs to the larger Subfamily Tetraoninae, encompassing all 24 Grouse species within North America and Eurasia. Species C. urophasianus has a conservation status of Least Concern.

[@southernsoulfamily9699]

Child support for that last statement 😂

[@titania396]

Who else is here because of game changer?

[@travissoff9521]

This is how me and my girlfriend met.

[@RTTCTV]

Lucky him , he doesn’t have to pay child support

[@Ecfotografy]

My last Zoom meeting..forgot to wear pants

[@marzipanmenthol]

I am looking respectfully...

[@jeanmichel6159]

Looks like a second face with big yellow eyes on their chest 😙⏪🐓

[@strictlydolo6915]

If say it with your chest was a bird.

[@PantsB4Squares]

Water drops 🌰

[@SCWood]

But when I do it I get the cops called on me

[@lbhjvv6974]

Been there done that.

[@melelconquistador]

Help How do you pronounce it's scientific name of Centrocercus urophasianus?

[@LotusLotus1979]

I’m uncomfortable

[@Gadi130]

All these beautiful animals creatures,y’all think there’s no creator behind all this ??🤔🤔

[@AniMeLoVeR23451]

juice aint worth the squeeze

[@progaming-ed8ew]

The narrator's voice spoils this video

[@chacha8858]

im here because of IG Reels

[@theloneleopard3095]

My dad @ 2:11

[@lizkalikow]

I know a guy like that!

[@akaNoobstein]

سبحان الله

[@Rexcountyorange]

GUYS HEAR ME OUT.

[@takenname8053]

Chest balls

[@h.mutawa866]

why do you add fake sound effects? you are misleading us ...

[@lasigna0212]

H.Motawa Those aren't fake

[@h.mutawa866]

LaSigna 02 they clearly are 😂😂

[@DemonZest]

not fake lool

[@sparraw5603]

H.Motawa well, listen to a shoebill stork and see whether the sound it makes is what you expected.

[@typacsk]

I've seen them in real life, this is what they sound like Edit: OK, they added some background music, but the weird hooting/squeaking noises are real.

[@ranasaint]

all that just for less than 3 seconds 😐

[@antknee9146]

Bet they taste good

[@abdallahakkari]

عربي

[@jothiruban2803]

God must be a stoner

[@lailabelle1029]

Booooobiies!!!

[@tirthkumardas2704]

The bird has his testicles in his chest?

[@buddhasdisciple4935]

American Peacock is so ugly...LOL....that's why US/Canada brought the royally beautiful peacocks from India.

[@edmsing]

Say it ain’t so? Once the greater ground Sage Grouse are gone, they are gone forever…Did someone tell this to President Trump?