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by thunderbong·7y ago·view on hn ↗
This article was really fascinating!! How having a different temporal perception would make our world different.

From the article - The manakins are a family of birds best known for elaborate, ricocheting, moonwalking courtship displays, with the exception of the black manakin. Its display—we thought—consists only of rapid, small hops. Yet when filmed and slowed down, researchers discovered that each hop was in fact a 360-degree backwards somersault, lasting 0.37 seconds, and completely imperceptible to the human eye.

I wish there was a video of this.

Again - Similarly, the cordon bleu finch, a common pet bird, was thought to have a simple hopping courtship display. When slowed down, these finches were revealed to be “tap-dancing,”

Relevant video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkumbnYc8Ns