[texbirds] Jealous? - perhaps release the tension by biting a lucky one’s butt.

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  • Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:22:22 -0400 (EDT)

Watching terns can never be boring. 
 
Sandwich Tern stubbing and biting Royal’s butt during copulation
http://www.pbase.com/image/155290059
 
After paying his dues with number of fishes, lucky Royal was in the act of  
exercising his marital rights when pair of Sandwich Tern landed near by; 
other  SATE pair was already there just watching. One SATE  got jealous, 
irritated  by someone being more successful , so to rid off of its own 
frustration run to  the mating ROYT pair and stubbed-bit moving Royal’s butt. 
Effect 
came right away  - ROYT pair separate instantly. Although male ROYT did not 
look happy and SATE  tried to stood its ground, no more aggressive actions 
happened. I do not  recommend this kind of action to release the stress in the 
human world - most  likely the consequences could be way more severe.  
 
Interestingly I often see that many birds are getting agitated by watching  
other pairs mating. 
 
And a tendency to look for a reason to who’s butt to kick (stub, bite;  
terns with their short legs would have a real problem with kick; in humans  
occurs from a child to a leader) seems to evolved a long time ago…
 
Mark B Bartosik
Houston, Texas
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