Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon'
One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew.
The dance of the weedy sea dragon takes place every year in the shallow seas off the coast of Australia.
During the ghostly dance, two beautifully odd-looking fish mirror each other’s every movement.
At the end of the ritual, the male fish is the one to get pregnant, giving birth two months later, a process the BBC crew filmed for the first time.
The dance of the weedy sea dragon is captured for the BBC natural history series Life.
Sea Dragons, David Attenborough, a little sea dragon hatching… there is just too much awesome here. Click through link and watch.
TY for posting this, I’m so glad I watched the whole thing b/c the last part’s really the best!
