Hornbills thrilling acrobatic mating dance has netizens mesmerized

Hornbills, who are known for their golden-yellow casque on their heads have left the netizens in awe as a video of them engaging in a thrilling acrobatic mating dance has gone viral. The video shows both the birds amidst a mating ritual and one bird offering food to another. It is presumed that the male offered the food to the female as during the mating season the young male hornbill is known to outshout each other to win a female's attention. The video posted by a Twitter user Susanta Nanda IFS on October 11 has been viewed and liked thousands of times.

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Netizens in awe

The mesmerizing video has been appreciated by the netizens as one of the Twitter users calls the video a “thrilling display of grace and beauty”. Another follower commented, “Pure romance. It is said that the birds are the true lovers”. One netizen wishes to see the majestic birds at least once in his lifetime. Comments such as “beautiful”, “majestic”, and “amazing” have been used to describe the incredible video. 

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Bird impresses netizens

This is not the first time that a bird has impressed the netizens. A video of a Lyrebird, known for its ability to accurately mimic the sounds from their surroundings, went viral earlier this month. The lyrebird is native to Australia and is mostly found in rainforest areas in Victoria, New South Wales, and south-east Queensland. In the video, one can see the bird mimicking the sounds of other birds as well as man-made noises. The lyrebird, in the video, is sitting on a railing of the Adelaide zoo mimicking different sounds of other birds, camera shutters and car alarms. The video has been watched more than 200,000 times only on Twitter. While one Twitter user said that the sound was of the camera shutter noise another user thought the Lyrebird has been hanging around a gamer’s house.

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