10 COOL FACTS ABOUT PEACOCKS||THE APPU WORLD
10 COOL FACTS ABOUT PEACOCKS
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1. Only the males are Actually PEACOCKS
The collective name of these birds is "peafowl." Men are “peacocks” and women are “giants”. Children are called “peaches.”
2. THE FAMILY FAMILY IS CALLED “BEVY.”
A group of birds is sometimes also called "oating," "muster," or "group."
3. THEY WERE NOT BORN FROM THE FATHER OF THEIR FIRST TAIL.
Male peaches do not start growing their show trains until they are three years old. In fact, it is difficult to tell peachick sex because they are almost identical to their mother. In about six months, men will begin to change color.
4. THEY SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BY THEIR FEATHER.
Fortunately, peacocks lose their trail every year after mating season, so feathers can be collected and sold without the birds causing harm. The life span of a peacock in the wild is about 20 years.
5. They can fly, IN ADDITION TO THEIR GREAT TRAINING.
The peacock's feathers can grow up to 20 feet [6 m] in length and make up about 60 percent of its body length. Despite this unusual measurement, the bird flies just right, if not too far away.
6. THERE IS A WHOLE WHITE CONTROL.
Due to the selective breeding, it is common for a captive peafowl captain to hold the iridescent habit of all white feathers. This is called leucism, and it is due to genetic mutations that cause color loss. This peafowl is often mistaken as an albino, but instead of having red eyes, animals with leucism retain their normal eye color.
7. PEACOCKS WERE A DELICACY IN MEDIEVAL TIMES.
The birds were stripped, roasted and then re-dressed in their feathers to appear in their original position at the dinner table. Here are the introductory instructions from one recipe:
“Wynde skyn
fethurs and tail are active
body, serve him for his sake
they were alive ”
The birds may have looked good, but they were reported to have a bad taste. “It was difficult and astonishing, and doctors were criticized for being difficult to digest and for making jokes,” writes Melitta Weiss Adamson in her book Food in Medieval Times.
8. THEY CAN FAKE IT.
These birds are not only good looking, but also clever, according to some recent research.
When the peacocks mate, they let out a “loud” voice. Canadian researchers Roslyn Dakin and Robert Montgomerie found that birds could “call” the puppet to attract more females. As the BBC's Ella Davies puts it, "By pretending they are mates and not, birds could convince women that they have more sexual desire - and therefore have genetics - than their rivals."
In fact, one-third of the calls heard by investigators were false, and the birds that made them received numerous hookups. Sneaky, sneaky.
9. THEIR FEATHERS ARE COVERED IN TINY CRYSTAL-LIKE STRUCTURES.
What makes peacock feathers so shiny? Microscopic “crystal-like structures” that reflect different lengths of light depending on how they are separated, resulting in bright fluorescent colors. Hummingbirds and shiny butterflies have had the same visual effect on their wings.
10. A PEACOCK'S CREST ACTS AS A SENSOR FOR MATING
The female peacock has special nerves in her chest that allow her to hear the vibrations of a partner who may be living far away. According to the Atlantic, the feathers are "prepared to vibrate in precise locations where the peacock is showing off its tail." Whenever a male peacock loves its tail, it moves it at a rate of 26 times per second, creating real pressure on the female's head.
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