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Peacocks use their colourful display of feathers and long fan-like tail to attract the drabber female peahens for mating. The peahen incubates the eggs on the nest, so being drabber helps to avoid being noticed by predators.
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Does the colourful feathers help the peacock escape from its predators why?
Yes because predators get scared. Colourful feathers are kind of warning not to attack peacock.
What is the body covering of peacock?
Highly colourful feathers
What is body covering of peacock?
Highly colourful feathers
What is a peacock body covering?
A male peacock is covered in colourful feathers, with especially long, showy tail feathers.
State a reason to explain why a male peacock has colourful feathers?
To attract females. Natural Selection*
Does any scientist prove that why is the peacock have got color ful feathers even though they have same skin as chicken?
Peacocks have evolved colourful feathers to attract the females for mating, similar to how roosters have colourful feathers for hens. The females are brown because they need to stay camouflaged on the nest. Because it is energetically costly for the males to grow these feathers (especially the long feathers of the peacock), it is thought that if a male grows these feathers, he is strong and healthy.
What are 5 sentences on pigeons?
1. Peacock is our National Bird. 2. Peacock is so beautiful. 3. peacock has a long neck and a crown on its head. 4. Peacock has colourful and long feathers. 5. peacock used to dance in the start of rain as if it welcomes the rain.
What is the most colourful animal?
peacock
Why do peacoks have colourful feathers?
no
What do peacock do with there feathers?
The peacock molts his tail feathers every year after mating season.
How many feathers does the peacock have?
NBC has used multiple peacock logos for it's company. The original peacock logo had eleven feathers and this stayed the case until 1986. After 1986 the peacock was changed to only have six feathers. Currently the number of feathers is six.
How many feathers does a two year old peacock have?
a 2 year old peacock has about 50 feathers...
