Pay no attention to the metal stake underneath this female bowerbird. She’s the fembot designed by University of Maryland scientists to test the female role in satin bowerbirds’ showy courtship. Patricelli
The guts of the fembot contain a computer-chip brain and small motors for head turns, wing fluffs, and body crouches.
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