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Capercaillies Battle for the Right to Mate

Clip: Season 41 Episode 5 | 2m 59s  | Video has closed captioning.

Capercaillies, birds that live and breed amongst the Scots pines, have an intimate relationship with the tree. The males must compete for the right to mate exclusively with all the hen capercaillies.

Aired: 01/18/23

Rating: NR

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