Male Rainbow Lorikeet impressing the Female

It's spring and that means it's mating season again. The male Rainbow Lorikeet is trying to impress the female by showing how big and sexy he is.

[@drxgxnxxx]

this vid is just me trying to impress my crush but I fail and they walk away (run) from ne

[@benkelly1325]

This is actually two males showing aggressive behaviour. There pupils are fully dilated and they are hissing. Dilating pupils in aggressive ways is called "eye pinning"

[@diannewang371]

The female didn't seem impressed

[@crazygamerowl7659]

That's how you pick up girls

[@Eric_2865]

The male is left and female is rigth

[@myloveforonedirection3192]

Does the hissing mean somthing?

[@joemageton7468]

I guess its apart of the mating dance

[@benkelly1325]

Hissing is aggressive, they're both males showing aggressive behaviour

[@hytr8981]

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