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Prevalence of peacocking strongly correlates with woman's level of attractiveness. [3] According to some feminist scholars, men may tend to peacock because of the patriarchal ideas created by society. This hierarchy created between men and women and this idea of men competing for women's attention leads to peacocking. [4]
This leucistic Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus, is unlikely to find a mate and reproduce in a natural setting due to its unusual coloration.However, its striking colour is appreciated by humans, and may be included in artificial selective breeding to produce more individuals with the leucistic phenotype.
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The bird featured in the video, and the one that most people think of when they picture a peacock, is an Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) although they are commonly called simply Indian ...
Leucism (/ ˈ l uː s ɪ z əm,-k ɪ z-/) [2] [3] [4] is a wide variety of conditions that result in partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes. [4] It is occasionally spelled leukism.
A volunteer helping pick up trash around a California lake got a surprise when he heard a growl coming from a trash can. “Lo and behold, there was a little guy looking back up at me,” Dana ...
The plumage of the peacock increases its vulnerability to predators because it is a hindrance in flight, and it renders the bird conspicuous in general. [7] Similar examples are manifold, such as in birds of paradise [8] and argus pheasants. [citation needed] Another example of sexual dichromatism is that of nestling blue tits. Males are ...
The black swan, Cygnus atratus is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.An estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are homosexual and they steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs.