Blue featherfin cleans bower (VIDEO)

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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A blue featherfin arrives at his bower, takes a shell in his mouth and removes it from the bower.

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Maëlan Tomasek / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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