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Waterfowl Etc. : Peacock Facts
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From: MSN NicknameSassySadie72  (Original Message)Sent: 1/29/2008 8:24 AM
The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. The Indian Peacock has beautiful iridescent blue-green plumage. The upper tail coverts are enormously elongated and ornate with an eye at the end of each feather.

The female plumage is a mixture of dull green, grey and iridescent blue, with the greenish-grey predominating. In the breeding season, females can be told apart from the lack of the long tail feathers also known as the train. Peahens can be distinguished from males in the non-breeding season by the green color of the neck as opposed to the blue on the males.



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From: MSN NicknameSassySadie72Sent: 1/29/2008 8:24 AM
Many of the brilliant colors of the peacock plumage are due to an optical interference phenomenon (Bragg reflection) based on (nearly) periodic nanostructures found in the barbules (fiber-like components) of the feathers.

Different colors correspond to different length scales of the periodic structures. For brown feathers, a mixture of red
and blue is required—one color is created by the periodic structure, while the other is a created by a Fabry-Perot interference peak from reflections off the outermost and innermost boundaries of the periodic structure.

Such interference-based structural color is especially important in producing the peacock's iridescent hues (which shimmer and change with viewing angle), since interference effects depend upon the angle of light, unlike chemical pigments.


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From: MSN NicknameSassySadie72Sent: 1/29/2008 8:24 AM
The peacock's diet consists of plants and small animals. They absolutely love snakes and will even eat poisonous snakes.

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From: MSN NicknameSassySadie72Sent: 1/29/2008 8:25 AM
Peafowl are considered to be polygamous. However in captivity, Green Peafowl and African Peafowl are monogamous, with males assisting in nest defense, chick rearing, and chick brooding. The male's bond with offspring may extend indefinitely. First-year chicks that have been weaned by their mothers generally join their father's social unit to forage and rest.

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