I'm annoyed at them for describing the peafowl as "shallow". Sorry, no, that is a human concept. These birds aren't shallow, they're doing what nature has equipped them to do. For the males, showing their tail shows they are wily enough to survive in the wild with that crazy tail. For the female, they can judge the health of the males because only a healthy male will be able to produce that brilliant plumage. A strong and healthy male will give them strong and healthy chicks.

@FrankyboyLegend

9 жыл бұрын

I'm annoyed peacocks are the poster-boy for courtship displays. There are many scientists who assert the peafowl displays to attract females, and therefore an example of sexual selection but this is unsubstantiated and based on feral peafowl populations. Keep in mind that Peafowl are found in the same environments as snakes, eagles, and leopards. One could argue they have been in an arms race with these species. The display can be used for communication with females but it is mainly an anti-predatory display. There is NO study that has supported the hypothesis that the train of the peacock is a "handicap" and affects its ability to fly. A recent study suggests the train has very little effect on a peacock's takeoff.

@chainedoj

6 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what being shallow is. You do realize it is a "human concept" because we too developed an instinct that good looks=good genes? They're shallow just like humans are.

@doggocat4464

6 жыл бұрын

chainedoj Someone who is shallow is vain and materialistic. While it is partially about looks, that alone doesn’t make someone shallow.

@MoJo01

5 жыл бұрын

+blueskyscribe She said "Peacocks are the most shallow of all male birds" Yet, it's the Peahens who dropped the obligation for Peacock to do so. If Peahens had chosen another method for selecting mates, like speed, strength, or ability to provide, then Peacocks would have evolved differently. The second point is that she said "the most" as if other birds choose based on personality rather than physical traits LOL.

@MoJo01

5 жыл бұрын

+Crunchy Jaws She didn't only say shallow, she said "the most shallow" which doesn't make sense as if other birds choose based on personality charactastics rather than physical traits.

Peacock is symbol of beauty for thousands of years in India as it's originally native bird to India

@buzzwithdrip6347

2 жыл бұрын

It's not only native to India, It's in few other countries too

@Infiniteemptiness

2 жыл бұрын

@@buzzwithdrip6347 this breed of peacock in native to India other breeds are not that beautiful which are native to southeast asia

@buzzwithdrip6347

2 жыл бұрын

@@Infiniteemptiness ok

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

If the bird has been a divine symbolism for the most intelligent monastic traditions and highest majesties respected and celebrated by all the people around the world, it cannot be a shallow animal. Well.. I think that was a shallow try to degenerate and disgrace the absolute beauty of the bird. You know, if someone tries to downgrade something, it's usually because they are very difficult to disgrace. They must have been so much jealous of its splendour.

@redwithblue_dex

2 жыл бұрын

Ew

i want to see the dirty tricks department

@tiffles4492

7 жыл бұрын

Right?! It ended and I was like, "No, wait! What is the dirty tricks department?!"

@NobleWolf33

3 жыл бұрын

Tiffani Erickson lmfaooooooo I’m dead asf me too

@mn129d6

3 жыл бұрын

0_o

@starseedlight8824

3 жыл бұрын

what is it like seriously?

@MrM3galodon

3 жыл бұрын

same brah

how to determine the sex of any bird, its easy, the most colorful birds are always the male, while female always have the simplest or plain color

@kimw8743

5 жыл бұрын

Yobib Nartea True, this is because the female must be plain in order to blend in better and hide her offspring. In sexually dimorphic bird species where the male is more beautiful, odds are he is a useless male who does help her raise their chicks at all. In bird species where both genders look the same bald eagles crows etc. they raise their babies together.

@chrisjackson6149

4 жыл бұрын

It's interesting how this is the opposite in insects, where the female tends to be larger and sometimes more colorful and imposing. The giant weta comes to mind.

@kennychen2735

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Jackson this also applies to mantises and fish like bettas, black widows are much bigger than males, and most males are more colorful than dull

@MizuSky

3 жыл бұрын

Then there's the eclectus parrot that flip that theory on it's head.

@aditi1729

3 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot of new things in this thread haha :)

It's so annoying that those commentators got higher resolution than the birds' footage

When the male fans his tail and shakes it all I can think is him saying JAZZ HANDS

@lvega5606

8 жыл бұрын

ha ha!

@SirMrShanks

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@henzcarltupastupas6751

4 жыл бұрын

@@SirMrShanks Watching a peacock russtling its brilliant plumage specially when you're feeling bored, transforms your depressing mood to CHILL MOOD 😊😏😌🌈

@MasterofPlay7

2 жыл бұрын

it's called peacock bloom, get it? Peekaboo xD

@davidsilverfield835

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

Whenever you call anything in nature "weird"/"shallow" you are actually describing yourselves. Nature is like mirror

@tothgabor7188

2 жыл бұрын

Does size really matters? There should be some "other nuance's" to it logically! But only if nature is more about logic than not...but thinking of Dodo birds or Lemmings etc. it leaves me with some doubt even "both" is taken into consideration.

@NazriB

Жыл бұрын

Lies again? AIA Money

@dawnaporter9932

8 ай бұрын

Exactly

He's basically going "look at me! I'm fabulous! Got a colorful bunch of feathers, looking for a lady peacock!"

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that's only your imagination isn't that? The real scientists would never think that way. There is no moral concept in the world of animals and natures. It is the nature that shows the nature of the natural world, and that's it.

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

...and honestly, what animals are different from this? The nature can only tells you the answer and it always becomes a circular logic.

What's his dirty tricks?! They cut it off at the juiciest part! ;)

@Solanacia

8 жыл бұрын

I... I'm kinda scared to know >3>

@soledadapolinario1425

5 жыл бұрын

0-0

@bonbonS1969

3 жыл бұрын

they probably slip a pill in the girls drink

@gormezz732

3 жыл бұрын

Straight r kelly

@9870688330

2 жыл бұрын

@@bonbonS1969 or pluck out the feathers of fellow competitors 😄

The national Bird of INDIA. one of the most beautiful creation of Nature.

@frenzwilliamuyguangco605

3 жыл бұрын

True. The majesty of evolution.

@atwiineigonor6181

3 жыл бұрын

@@frenzwilliamuyguangco605 the majesty of God, who is the creator of all things.

@katahi0749

2 жыл бұрын

@@atwiineigonor6181 amen

@gangadharpalacharla3586

2 жыл бұрын

@@atwiineigonor6181 no evolution

@NazriB

2 жыл бұрын

Lies again? Family Portrait

Peacock is our national bird. 🇮🇳

"So what does a desperate male do?" Joins a peacockcel subreddit?

@erdien18

3 жыл бұрын

they go their own way

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

Continuity is what that means. Historians do describe by using that language. For scientist, 'impress and survive'. For art, 'love and desire', maybe? I'd prefer to use the word beauty.

@voidlesslove3123

2 жыл бұрын

oml

@ekozoidmajiker6186

4 ай бұрын

"AITA for plucking another dude's tail?" 😂

"...The better the colours, the better the genes they will pass on..." So they are basically capitalizing on beauty. And I love it.

@victoriaeads6126

Жыл бұрын

It basically comes down to the clear fact that peahen have REALLY good taste 😂

That female just got that incredible show of feathers and be like "nah, not for me"

DISNEY PLEASE MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT PEACOCKS

@Sakana-bb5om

3 жыл бұрын

@Meryem ÇALIŞKAN That's a great idea.🤩

@mono8476

3 жыл бұрын

watch barbie as the island princess (not disney i know)

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

People love the beautiful birds and it is a symbol of love to my moral concept. At least I'd prefer to think so. The beauty is always in the eye of its onlooker. Ugliness is also in their own eyes. If they want to see or tell only the ugly parts of a thing, it's because their mind is twisted and ugly by jealousy.

We have three peacocks and two peahens. They are curious, intelligent birds, and FAR from "shallow." We call them dinosaur puppies. I also take umbrage with the idea that their courtship rituals are even CLOSE to the complexity of bower birds'.

@advaloksinghbaghel2778

Жыл бұрын

Ll

So their display translates to ‘Lemme Smash’

All male peacocks are dapper.

I saw how this happened in real life! It was amazing! All the males where fighting over this one female! I was so scared because we were in the middle! The female didn’t like any of them so she left. I saw one peacock that looked sad :( I felt bad for him :( But still, being able to see this was a dream come true!

@jeffbezos4746

Жыл бұрын

I saw this comment before. Stop copying and pasting

@kxtheriiq

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffbezos4746 no… this is my original comment. they must of copied mine or something

@jeffbezos4746

Жыл бұрын

@@kxtheriiq oh. My bad

@kxtheriiq

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffbezos4746 no problem!

I bet the tail can also be used defensively because if a predator saw it at night, he might think the circular colorful portions are the eyes of multiple animals.

I didn't know the species was called Peafowl, I thought they were just all peacocks, but I guess that's actually only the males. Neat.

In ancient Greek mythology, peacock was the holy bird of Hera, the queen of gods.

@aliendude4064

3 жыл бұрын

According to the Indian Tamizh mythology, peacock is the vehicle of God murugar, who is known as God of war.... He travels on peacock..

@aliendude4064

3 жыл бұрын

@Vaibhav Gupta what do you expect me to say.. I think I have explained clearly

@aliendude4064

3 жыл бұрын

@Vaibhav Gupta well I am a Tamizhan and for the deity for Tamizh people all over the world is God Murugar. He is the God of war or defence.. His mount is peacock.... What is wrong in this???

@aliendude4064

3 жыл бұрын

@Vaibhav Gupta have you ever been to Tamizh Nadu. Here they roam all around the forests..

@rajatshakya1570

2 жыл бұрын

@Vaibhav Gupta dude the god he's referring to Murugar is known as Kartikay in North India, he's lord Ganesha's brother, lord shiva's son. And he's God of war in north Indian culture as well. It's just we north Indians worship Ganesh more than Kartikay.

"Dirty tricks department"?????? Rolls eyes.

Girls: we are the most beautiful gender 💁‍♀️ Peacocks: that’s nice

@eris.m5358

4 жыл бұрын

Girls: we're the most beautiful gender Male peacock: let me introduce myself

@pusteblume5657

4 жыл бұрын

Well males are the strongest.

@BishtrainerTai16

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah men should be the ones to get all prettied up and dance around.

@AnkitShai

3 жыл бұрын

In the entire animal kingdom, if it is beautiful, it is a male. The females of any species, except humans, do not look beautiful..at all!

@uwu--owo

3 жыл бұрын

@@eris.m5358 call it a peacock instead not male peacock all peacocks are males anyways

Love this video. We have about 50 or so here in a neighborhood in Texas. I try and capture all kinds of videos of their beauty, antics and peachicks growing up.

Did you know that in South Korean language 'peacock' is the same spelling with the word 'Duke'? I thought the English word of duke was much more similar to 'duck' in the language of Egyptian hieroglyphs which does mean duke, prince or the son of the king (it describes a duck with the sun), probably because of its association with the first civilisation where celebrated and worshipped the monarchs. Pyramid and eye symbol is often depicted with the radiant triangular halo which I thought is like the peacock feathers, and also reminds me of the triangular back of the throne of present English monarchs, really. So when the monarchs were seated in the throne a triangular halo is placed behind their face. In an annexed church to Paris Pantheon there is a depiction of Moses with its triangular halo. Interesting, isn't it? I'm quite sure that such figures of language first originate from the Egyptian culture to describe the aristocracy and divinity with the metaphors to various animals, especially, in case of Egypt, birds. If the civilisation contacted India and brought peacocks when the hieroglyphics were created and used, I'm sure they'd worship this bird and used peacock to describe divinity.

Beautiful birds...Thanks for the great video:)

World's weirdest friends with benefits and the Muppet show disco dance

If you need a girl get a peacock tail and there you go

Of course the most unattractive person in the video is going to call these beautiful birds shallow.

@JacobLewis2006

3 жыл бұрын

☯️

سبحان خالق كل شيء ❤️ فالق الحب والنوى خلق كل شيء فأبدع

"Wow, I never knew peacocks could be so unique! The World's Weirdest Peacock video really opened my eyes to the incredible diversity within this species. From unusual colors to quirky behaviors, each peacock featured had its own fascinating story to tell. Nature never ceases to amaze!"

"The male carries all the weight in these encounters. It is he who has to impress." So, just like humans huh

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

It's a different grammar in different subjects. The science uses this language for example, 'impress', to describe the animal behaviours and I think the word is to denote a very empirical observation. The art history probably describes it with 'love', 'majestic', and 'glorious', to indicate its self-containing figure of speech and metaphors.

Where is the next part of this show?do I have to get cable to see it?

@chan_for

2 жыл бұрын

7 years later, download the app

I would hate to be a male peacock in the wild. Good luck hiding from predators with those beautiful bright colors

@Hannan_1325

6 жыл бұрын

MUNDOM316 well peacocks do fly you numnut

@emilian7052

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hannan_1325 no they don't

@Hannan_1325

4 жыл бұрын

@@emilian7052 what are you talking about. Is this a joke ? What world are you living in ? Peacocks do fly. There are 100's of videos on youtube.

@uwu--owo

3 жыл бұрын

Wdym your rails is your weapon it acts as an illusion that you are bigger and have many eyes

@MUNDOM316

3 жыл бұрын

@@uwu--owo that illusion is completely useless when being hunted by a tiger

YYYYAAAAAAAY!!!! natgeo is still putting out real life videos! PS PLEASE dont sell out to bigfeet or sackwash or illegal aliens or little mermaid. KEEP IT REAL

@PrettyPaigeLove28

9 жыл бұрын

YES.

this was such a short video. Was it part of a documentary or something?

Quarantine brought me here 🤦🏻‍♂️

that cliffhanger...

The peacock: LOOK AT ME LAURA! AIN’T I DAZZLING?

Peacock is the national bird in India.

@AwakeningYourFlow

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t know that fact thanks for sharing..✌🏼

”Peacock males are shallow” If anything, it is the females who are shallow for selecting these traits in males

@Gregory_12

6 ай бұрын

The ones who are truly shallow are the people projecting human culture onto birds.

I saw a peacock once,And it was beautiful im glad i saw a peacock once.

Beautiful feathers.

Gorgeous birds

Imagine being a peacock without feathers 🪶💔

@trappedmoss1172

2 жыл бұрын

It's called peafowl.

AND DAZZLE HERRR -gay peacock

Q hermosos animales

And that is how Drag queen has been created

@rithicadevireddy

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh.

Why isn't there a longer documentary on peacocks Nat Geo?

I want one of the feathers and keep it

Can't believe God could put such beautiful creatures on this planet. They're gorgeous!

@milhouse14

6 жыл бұрын

"God" also created rats and termites.

@orbswhisper2482

6 жыл бұрын

And maggots

@HarryManback0

6 жыл бұрын

You spelled evolution wrong....

@pringlelays159

6 жыл бұрын

You mean evolution and natural selection

@MoJo01

5 жыл бұрын

So evolution is God. And evolution created us => God created us, thus evolution is intelligent.

My grand pa has a peacock and he’s so cool

Watching a strutting peacock russtling its brilliant plumage drives away the bitter memories that haunts me last October mid- 2017

@hyekang3850

2 жыл бұрын

They are very jealous of love and happiness life and its life behind the closed door. What a peacock fight! They are exactly what they imagined.

very beautiful n nice color..amazing...💕💞

@edcronch4269

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God for the NBC peafoul

Crazy how in this species the males have the looks...and yet it is STILL the females who get to decide if they get laid or not! We guys just can’t win!

She really said shallow 😂

Mystery brought me here

I have always dreamed of having a peacock but it will be soo hard to take care of them if their new

@DancinStallion

Жыл бұрын

I too want about 3 peacocks each different colors and 3 peahens.

Here we see the NBC Logo in its natural habitat

Shallow? The approach to the female for mating, the mating itself is a beautifully sensitive and respectful one by the male. He literally bows to her gracefully before and afterwards also as he backs elegantly away walking backwards and facing her. Gracious and gentle and magnificent.

So what are the peacock's dirty tricks? lmao You guys cut it off on the best part and I cannot find this episode anywhere.

Peacocks are my worst fears ever

This was so entertaining. 😹😹😹 couldn’t stop laughing 😂

considering the way they move im assuming there just decorated turkeys

Wow❤❤

*_Hera has entered the group_*

Um the male peacocks are shallow? Not the female peahens who only pick the ones with the most dazzling feathers?

@Gregory_12

6 ай бұрын

Peafowl aren't "shallow," humans are shallow for projecting human culture onto birds.

beautiful

Darren from Bewitched talking about peacocks! A lookalike..

Raptor with giant wings

Smurfette: Those are peacocks. A peacocks can eat more than anything. These feathers help to protect them.

That's a weird turkey

The ancient king " the great Asoka" chose peacock as national bird to india and started " mauryan dynasty "

@chan_for

2 жыл бұрын

Mayur as root word of Peacock

Smooth.

This bird is found in my neighbourhood and in my village

Omg

Take key notes please...

Kevin's dad :D

why the cliffhanger?

@JacobLewis2006

3 жыл бұрын

🧬

Beatiful

Peacock are from india 🔱

@birdpooper

3 жыл бұрын

Nope! It's from Pakistan and Bangladesh. indian stole it.

@babygoatlover6934

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@babygoatlover6934

3 жыл бұрын

Elephants

@starchainedheart9854

2 жыл бұрын

@@birdpooper That's impossible. Those countries didn't even exist until 1947 and 1971 respectively.

MY SCHOOL SENT ME HERE HELLO

The dirty tricks department. Is that peacock roofies?

I minus markings almost thousands are there@mt

I found a sad peacock(

The feathers of the peacock look like eyes

PEACOK IS MY FAVORITE ANIMAL

Quiero la traducción al español.

@lvega5606

8 жыл бұрын

Los pajaros quieren sexo

Dominatoooooorrrrr .... wait wrong video

Inspired by NBC peacock as logo

....ummm dirty tricks department and GO!

I'm quite attracted to the first one it felt he was communicating with me.

@MoJo01

5 жыл бұрын

were you high?

@pidgon7465

5 жыл бұрын

oh yes daddy

Did she just call them shallow?

Why am I thinking of Kim Seokjin while watching this Peacock..omaghadstap i hate me

So beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Any peafowl shook their tail full of colorfull feathers like pattern,each feather has a blue”eye spot” and that why they look very colorfull to mate.😮

@victoriaeads6126

Жыл бұрын

Every time one of our peacocks is displaying, *I* am impressed, and I'm not even a peahen! 😁❤

birds are the descendant of dinosaurs. I wonder if dinosaurs were beautiful like this bird. bones don't tell their color.

Wait I wanna know about the dirty tricks department

I show the dirty tricks in my latest vid haha