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Male mallards (also known as drakes), as many other male bird spieces have brightly colored plumage to attract mates.
the brighter his plumage is the more hens are attracted
some people theorize that the reason why so many male birds are brightly coulored is because it serves as a handycapp, rather than camouflaging to the bird it is more of a sighn saying"hey! look at me'' this is a bad thing to animals when trying to hide from predators, so if a female mallard can find a brightly coulored male who managed to survive from being hunted,dispite his handy capp, this means that he has the best genes to offer her so that her offspring will have the best chance of survival.
becuase survival is only rewarded to the fittest
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