Behavioral Adaptations
Daisy Ortega
Courtship Dances
Courtship dances are a form of communication so members of the same species can recognize each other. Animals create courtship dances so it can help them offspring to survive or producing multiple times. They are ritual like patterns that help ensure survival of the species.
Japanese Crans
Males do a ritual dance that they bow their heads and flap their wings and leap up and down with their wings outstretched.
Giraffe courtship
The courting ritual of giraffes involves the chin of the male resting on the females back.
Peacock Courtship
They use these vibrantly hued plumes to attract the females in a fanning courtship ritual.
Courtship is a collection of instinctive behaviors that result in mating and eventual reproduction. Courtship is important because it helps to ensure that breeding will occur.