Manakin Moonwalk

I happened to catch Kim Bostwick on TV the other day. She was explaining how her years of exploration of high-speed camera technology and life in the deep jungle culminated in her being able to capture movement of birds that are so fast that they are simply invisible to the naked eye.

As you view this video clip, you will be delighted and amazed by these images of a bird called the "manakin" doing what Dr. Bostwick so aptly describes as a "moonwalk." After your amazement dies down, look at the clip again, and note the good Doctor's semi-rapture and delight as she describes the Manakin Moonwalk. To me, her unselfconscious dance and total involvement is even more amazing than the moonwalking manakin. It is a vivid testimony to the joy that lies at the very heart of science.