| The peacock, together with a peahen, flew into Peasehill Close last July and quickly took to roosting on the tops of greenhouses and garages. |
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| But their future was in doubt after 2001 when a peahen and a chick left the gardens, and one of the two remaining males died. |
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| Probably for the first time ever, a peacock and peahen were sighted in a field adjacent to the wood in Gorterslin. |
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| It was Charles Darwin who first noted that it is the choosy peahen who plays a crucial role in the evolution of this extravagant sexual display. |
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| He claimed the dog was shot as she went for a peahen after being suspected of savaging one peacock and traumatising another. |
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| Gorgeous woven korowai are adorned with feathers from kereru, peahen, pukeko and pheasant. |
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| The peahen chooses to mate with the male that will most likely produce strong, healthy offspring. |
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| It should be noted that a peacock is a male peafowl and a peahen is a female peafowl. |
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| A flower can get a beautiful looks for attracting insects and a peacock's tail is also for attracting a peahen. |
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| Over 12 miles of rope will be attached to 1,800 stakes to fence in spectators along with 900 crash barriers to ensure wild birds like the peahen and peacock are unharmed. |
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| The most famous example is the male peacock's plumage attracting the female peahen. |
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| When a peacock fans out the iridescent splendor of his train, more than half the time the peahen he's displaying for isn't even looking at him. |
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| Maggie Thatcher was a screeching peacock, and John Major a dreary peahen, while Tony Blair was a viper in Labour's bosom. |
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| In Eden, the peahen would dress in Versace, too. |
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| A parasite-prone peacock, for example, is more likely to be discovered by a discerning peahen because parasite infestation demonstrates itself as damage to plumage. |
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| The uncovered parts revealed images for some kind of bird, almost a duck or a peahen, and a leopard separated with a grapevine decoration, he added. |
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| Thus peacocks display their plumes, while the peahen chooses. |
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