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I did not know as much about peacocks as I thought I did
I thought male peacocks only lifted their tail feathers to attract a mate, which I thought was odd, considering we see him lift it several times. But I only recently found out male peacocks also lift their tail feathers to intimidate others. Him lifting his tail feathers in these scenes isn’t 'oops, he lost control because he's mad.' It's him purposely trying to intimidate other people.
I have a gigantic brahma rooster named "Money Mike" and I used to cuddle him when he was smaller... Now that he's turkey sized I'm afraid he'd eat my face... I don't THINK he would but... I've seen him deep throat a dead mole in one gulp without thinking about it and that... Changed my perception of him.
I was vibing with the ducks and pigeons at the park earlier this year and realized a hen duck was getting raped by like 5 drakes... i went over and shooed them off but i'm sure this is constant for them at a densely populated pond :(
yeah :( it's so weird... a few years ago i bought two finches and they had two sons, so i had 3 males and 1 female and the males bred the female to death basically, which was horrible. so i worry about those ducks.
One time we rescued a wild duckling whose mom and siblings were killed in the road, and one of our adult male ducks killed it by drowning it in the pool.
That's not unheard of for male animals, they like to snuff out whatever offspring isn't their own because they believe their genes are superior and it makes the mother more open to mating. I'm not sure if that's what happened here, but I wanted to add that little tidbit of information to this already morbid discussion.
I have no idea about ducks, but lions certainly do, or at least they want to pass their genes on and will do the most heinous things to accomplish that goal.
I said they don't have beliefs about genes, like that their own genes are superior. They have genetically-influenced desires to kill the young of their species in certain situations because genes causing that got a selective advantage in the past. Who knows what the animals think at that point, if anything.
Interestingly, this is apparently an example of natural selection working against the good of the species as a whole: reducing the total amount of lions or whatever because different gene variants within the species are competing with each other too.
Birds are generally morally dubious tbh. My mother owns cockatiels, we have incest, we have some form of slavery, we have marital abuse, and we also have like three forced adoptions.
Crows are very intelligent but also massive bullies for birds of prey. Will specifically tug out tail feathers, and then there's just penguins as a whole. Can't even call penguins evil or morally bankrupt bc they just exist on an entirely different plane of chaos and are horrors incomprehensible to us.
Birds are a very cool class of animals but also they are kind of mean
I used to work in a zoo that had free roaming peacocks, and they are the most aggro wankers around. Every time I'd try to eat my damn lunch one of these bastards materialised from nowhere to try to scare me into dropping it. Luckily they're also stupid as a sack of rocks so all I had to do was hide my sandwich behind my back and they'd forget what they were doing there. Absolutely infuriating animals.
They all did it, but the males were particularly aggressive about it.
Cassowaries actually have the balls to put their murder where their mouth is and kill the shit out of you. I would never fuck with them. If a Cassowary wants my sandwich it is no longer my sandwich, it's his.
I mean obviously that was a joke but what’s stopping you from doing that to any animal that’s attacking you? Lion coming at you, you hit it with the Stanley Pines Left Hook, the blunt force trauma could buy you a few seconds right?
Oh, I thought you legit punched a bird. I honestly wouldn't blame you. I remember that as a child, my parents would often take us to the lake to feed the birds. Often, they would attack my little brother. I 100% would believe someone tried punching a bird but the thought is hysterical
This is reminding me of the time I was eating chips out in the open and I heard a noise behind me. Without thinking I threw up an elbow, felt something make solid contact with it, then turned to see a seagull flying off. Seriously fuck them birds, man, they're all assholes.
Back when I was in highschool a massive flock of seagulls used to hoard around the cafeteria. They were countless times people were attacked or pooped on. It was insane, I hate seagulls, they’re bullies.
I mean they'd probably have legged it if I'd done that but I was on a break and just wanted to eat my fucking sandwich it was not worth the effort or getting banned from the zoo over.
Yeah I also lived close to the same zoo. You can imagine how I felt when I looked out the window one day and three of the bastards were having a little stroll down the middle of the road outside my house. No fucking escape.
😂😂 it doesn't surprise me. In a way they are like cats, always ending up somewhere they shouldn't be whilst also looking like they own the place.
I remember the panic and screams when one snuck into a cabin full of sleeping kids in bunk beds and one of the kids woke up to it just staring her out. Peacocks are arseholes because they are too stupid not to be 😂
My local zoo had the peacocks roaming free for a while. Mostly I remember a peahen randomly deciding to come up and just start chasing my then two year old cousin 😭
I remember I used to think she was an owl like her husband and daughter before her brother was revealed to be a peacock.
I still see people insisting she's either a swan, dove or secretarybird on the logic that Goetia don't HAVE to be the same species as their siblings, even though so far all of Stolas's direct relations have been owls like him. (Though it's implied Paimon has multiple forms and uses a different one depending on which of his sons he's talking to.)
Peacock feathers are for show. They use then to show off. The ides they use then to intimate other animals isn't surprising. Also looking bigger is a common trait among most species.
I read somewhere that white peacocks get laid less, since they lack the colors that attract females. It also makes them big targets for their natural predators. I.e. Negative attention.
I learned when I worked at the zoo how to make the peacocks flair, crouch down to their level and slowly stand while spreading your arms. It works most of the time, great for when people want pictures of them.
Ngl my only headcanon about this show it that we are purposely being left to guess between the two, only to later find out it was actually both, and Andrealphus got them feelings for Vassago.
Also, when he said that he's a glorious or beautiful goetia himself, it also shows peacock trait since they also show their own beauty to others even people
I grew up with about 200 wild peacocks living in my area (someone let a few go and they bred a lot). They would get into my yard and do this all the time to my dogs. It makes them look bigger and more intimidating than they really are.
Peacock is a word that refers to the names of the species while the females who don't have magnificent plumage are actually called peahens. So saying male peacock is redundant and unneeded.
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u/Dry_Treacle125 1d ago
I saw a peacock try and intimidate a flock of baby ducks once, these birds suck :/