Peacocks are known for their mesmerising tails’ colours! But what else do you know about peacocks? Let’s learn five playful peacocks facts for kids.
Peacocks are actually only the males of the species, they use their colourful feathers to attract the females – that are actually called peahens!
It takes Peacocks three whole years to develop the feathers they need in order to find a mate, the better the colours and the bigger the tail is the best way for a peahen to decide which peacocks are strongest and best to have offspring with.
Peacocks have been respected in many different cultures, for example they are the national bird of India, and the animal that represents Hera, the Queen of the Greek Gods.
Peacock feathers make all those pretty colours using crystals! There are microscopic crystal-like structures on peacock feathers that refract light differently depending on how they are moved by the peacock! Hummingbirds and some butterflies have the same effect on their wings!
Peacocks can actually fly! Even though they have very heavy tails that can grow up to five feet long they can still manage to fly up into trees to get away from predators!
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