19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Argentine tango

In late Spring or early Summer in southern hemisphere, the critically endangered hooded grebes arrive on the basaltic lagoons on the Patagonian plateaus to breed, but they must select a mate first. To select a mate the grebes must perform a series of movements and one of those moves resembled the move of the tango which is similar to the Argentine tango.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2019
Date Uploaded: 10.2021
Photo Location: Santa Cruz, Argentina
Camera: ILCE-7RM4
Copyright: © LY DANG