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Prairie Chicken World Domination: Fact or Folly?

A documentary revealing the dangers of Tympanuchus cupido.

The Junglist Mating Dance

Performed by the Sharptailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), the provincial bird of Saskatchewan, Canada. From le Wiki: These birds display in open areas known as leks with other males, anywhere from a single male to upwards of 20 will occupy one lek (averaging 8-12). Males stamp their feet rapidly, about 20 times per second, and rattle their tail feathers while turning in circles or dancing forward. Purple neck sacs are inflated and deflated during display. The females select the most dominant one or two males in the center of the lek, copulate, and then leave to nest and raise the young in solitary from the male. Occasionally a low-rank male may disguise himself as a female and walk to where the dominant male is and fight him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-tailed_Grouse

Dr. Gickswackle

Dr. Gickswackle explains the greater prairie chicken's evils... The Institute for the Eradication of Evil