ML302871451
Contributor
Iris Kilpatrick Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Tennessee NWR--Duck River Unit--Pool 5
Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
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- Sex
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Observation details
The series of photographs illustrate two males fighting over a female. The male that won the fight participates in a head bobbing ritual with the female. They have their heads pointing upward and their necks stretched out, then the male retracts his neck down, puts it up again while she puts hers down. They do this for a few minutes and I guess it went well because he gives chase, catches and mounts her. (I left out the photo of him holding her head under water by her neck). When they are finished mating the female does a wing flap as the male swims off.
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 1705 pixels x 1230 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.54 MB