RE: As proud as the Peacock

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I love peacocks, love this post! (Ever been startled by one at a zoo? They're incredibly loud!)

Not just a flamboyant, show-offy mating ritual, this display of awesome plumage?

An alternate view about the flagrant display of plumage, however, does exist. While the popular assertion remains that it is a mate-calling signal, a view that is principally championed by Charles Darwin, the opposing argument held by an Israeli Evolution Biologist - Amotz Zahavi - is that the attribute represents a form of fitness of the peacocks over each other.

One-upmanship, showing off, strutting your stuff - #gottalove #peacocks!



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