Animals don't recycle-or do they? What about animals like....the satin bowerbird?
The satin bower bird is a violet-eyed bird with a real taste for decoration. Male birds collect junk like pens, lids, strings, bottle caps straws, and other discarded plastic pieces for decorating their nests(called bowers) to impress the females. But it's not just any junk- it's all blue. The males don't collect anything that's not blue. I guess that blue must be very attractive! To go along with the nest exhibition, the males include a little dance to go with it. How sweet! The older females look at the dance more than the bower. They eat berries, fruit, and bugs and live in the wetter parts of the east australian forest. If you are a satin bowerbird who's reading this, then listen up: watch out for other raiding satin bowerbirds flying near your bower! They might throw decorations or even ruin your nest! Hmmm... I think that I'm going to cover my house with blue objects and see what happens!
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