[Press Release] It takes two to tango: how to perform coordinated pair dances in cranes?
Crane dance A new study found the sequence and timing of behaviors play a crucial role in the pair dances of the red-crowned cranes. (Credit: Kohei Takeda, License type: Original content, Restriction: News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only.
Release Summary
What components of elaborate pair dances serve mutual signals? Japanese researchers revealed that the sequence and timing of behaviors play a crucial role in the pair dances of the red-crowned cranes. The study provides a novel framework for identifying the structure of bidirectional communication in animals. These results were published in the journal Animal Behaviour.
