Top 10 Animals with the Most Bizarre Courtship Tricks and Mating Dances

Builds an intricate bower of twigs and sets up an 'art exhibition' around it made up exclusively of blue objects: petals, berries and even plastic bottle caps it steals from humans.

This little 12-centimeter fish swims non-stop for days with its belly on the ocean floor to sculpt a gigantic, perfectly symmetrical sand circle two meters across.

Transforms its entire body into a jet-black oval shield with bright blue neon 'eyes' and a breast shield, while tapping around the female with lightning-fast steps.

This Australian spider of barely five millimeters has an abdomen that it raises like a colorful peacock tail, while waving two legs like an aircraft carrier marshal.

Drops to its knees, spreads its black-and-white wings wide and rhythmically sways its neck from left to right in a comical, dramatic flamenco-like pose.

Proudly shows off its bright blue webbed feet by stepping from one foot to the other in an exaggeratedly slow and theatrical way: the brighter the blue, the more attractive the male.

Tilts its iridescent feathers to exactly the right angle of the sunlight, so its breast suddenly lights up like a bright strobe right in front of its partner's eyes.

Sends complex Morse codes via flashing green light from its abdomen. Each species has a unique flash pattern to find the right partner in the dark.

Shows off an elongated tail fin that shimmers in the water and performs acrobatic backward swimming moves to attract attention.

An elegant choreography of synchronized bowing, tossing sticks into the air and meter-high leaps that looks a lot like a classical Russian ballet.