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Friday, July 02, 2010

Bowerbirds



The bowerbird is nature's starchitect. The males of the various species build these elaborate and OCD influenced 'bowers' adorned with collections of all sorts of colorful stuff. All this to woo potential mates. via National Geographic



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4 comments:

  1. The top image looks like an Andy Goldsworthy piece. It seems bowerbirds and installation artists share some behaviors, although I'd guess the bowerbirds get more tail. :)

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  2. Wow thats so cool. I love the first image, I thought it was an artist's sculpture at first

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  3. it is just amazing how this birds build stuff!! omg!!

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