Majestic Peacocks

by:Tani Gutierrez

Peacocks are beautiful and amazing animal. Peacocks have beautiful and colorful tails that are characteristic only for males. Peacocks  colors of the tail will look different every time  they Chang the angle of looking because of reflection of the light. Peacocks tail feathers have eye like spots surrounded  with red, green, gold,and blue feathers. Peacock tails make up 60/of total length. Peacocks live in beautiful hot places. Peacock are naive to Asia. The blue peacock lives lives in India, and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found in java and Myanmar (Burma).

Africa peacocks live in Congo in the habitat. Male peafowl are called peacocks., while the females are called peahens.Family of peafowl are called a party. Peacocks are polygamous and mate with more then one female and usually form a harem that consists of 25 females. When they get alone, peacocks get vary sad and heart broken.

Peacocks have interesting ways of taking care of there babies. Females lay 3-5 eggs. Peacock babies will hatch after 28 days. When peacocks turn 1 years old thy can eat,walk ,and drink with assistance. Peafowl live up to 20 years old both wild and captivity. Peacocks are a cool animal. Peacocks are one of the largest flying bird.

Peacocks length including tail can reach 5 feet. They can weigh between 8-13 pounds. Peacocks main predator are tigers, leopards, and mongoose. When peacock sense danger they hide in a tree. They spend nights in trees for the same reason.

Peacocks are omnivores. Peacocks eat both plants and animal. Peacocks like to eat insect, apropos, amphibians,and seeds. Peafowl  such as the blue peacock have been admired by humans and kept as pets for thousands of years. Selective  breeding has created some unusual color combination , but  wild birds themselves are bursting with vibrant hues. They can be  testy and do not mix well with  other domestic birds.

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