courting bird sings like a cricket
bird attracts mates by striking its wing feathers together behind its back106 times a second which makes it the fastest known limb movement in any vertebrate. (via ramage)
posted by jmorrison on 08/03 | permalink | send entry

Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on an oval-shaped outdoor arena known as a cricket field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard (20.12 m) long pitch that is the focus of the game. A game (or match) is contested between two teams of eleven players each.

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