Devynne Brown
Male peacock displaying courtship in Dominican Republic
Over spring break, I had the opportunity to travel to The beautiful Caribbean nation, Dominican Republic. While visiting, there was an abundance of lush landscape and exotic animals on the resort. One morning, I spotted a male peacock with a vibrant blue body and blue/green feathers indicating that the bird was an Indian peafowl (Pavo cristastus). The peacock wandered the resort with its tail feathers down until it came upon two peahens (females). From here, the bird raised and spread its feathers in an elaborate display. The bird swayed and turned in circles as his form of courtship in an attempt to attract a mate. This went on for approximately 5 minutes until the peahens did not take to the males courtship. He then lowered the feathers and continued to roam the resort. Evolutionary studies, especially some of Darwin, explain the theory of ornaments and weapons evolving on males to compete for mates. In this example, the peacock is an ornament species with beautiful, vibrant coloration patterns for mating purposes. Sources:
www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/no-2-peacock-courtship-...
Male peacock displaying courtship in Dominican Republic
Over spring break, I had the opportunity to travel to The beautiful Caribbean nation, Dominican Republic. While visiting, there was an abundance of lush landscape and exotic animals on the resort. One morning, I spotted a male peacock with a vibrant blue body and blue/green feathers indicating that the bird was an Indian peafowl (Pavo cristastus). The peacock wandered the resort with its tail feathers down until it came upon two peahens (females). From here, the bird raised and spread its feathers in an elaborate display. The bird swayed and turned in circles as his form of courtship in an attempt to attract a mate. This went on for approximately 5 minutes until the peahens did not take to the males courtship. He then lowered the feathers and continued to roam the resort. Evolutionary studies, especially some of Darwin, explain the theory of ornaments and weapons evolving on males to compete for mates. In this example, the peacock is an ornament species with beautiful, vibrant coloration patterns for mating purposes. Sources:
www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/no-2-peacock-courtship-...