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Jul 27, 2015 at 9:23 vote accept Tim B
Apr 24, 2015 at 16:58 comment added Raphael This tells a story of learning, not evolution. And it assumes that (these) birds actually teach and learn their techniques, which is something not all animals do.
Apr 23, 2015 at 19:09 comment added BrettFromLA Upvote for the "want some tail" pun. (And a good answer.)
Apr 23, 2015 at 17:50 comment added thanby This is a brilliant start to the answer, hats off to you sir!
Apr 23, 2015 at 17:06 comment added Spacemonkey Same here but I elaborated a lot more the whole evolution of how it came to use it as a weapon so I put it as a separate answer, giving credit for the whole mating part. Pretty neat idea you got there.
Apr 23, 2015 at 17:00 comment added Twelfth Started to write an answer thats almost the same as yours, so I defer to this one. Using reflected light as a mate attraction technique as a start, eventually growing to the point it can be weaponized.
Apr 23, 2015 at 16:37 history answered Seth CC BY-SA 3.0