Peacocks evolved to hypnotize peahens; peahens evolved to be hard to hypnotize (perhaps so their offspring get genes from best hypnotist). https://phys.org/news/2016-04-peacocks-feathers-mesmerize.html …pic.twitter.com/C4z6OZRfvr
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Much like birds of paradise; as males evolve to become more attractive, females become highly selective.
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Yup it’s the same in humans
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Damn that's hypnotizing. I think I might be a pea-hen.
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And apparently not a very highly evolved one.
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We cat servants call that the Butt Wiggle of Death.
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The animal kingdom equivalent of the TED talk
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So the peacock drugs them first? This is from one of those hoax papers, right? Rape Culture of Peacocks and How It Causes Men To Be Toxic”
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hypnotizing manspreading
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The evolution of peacock tail is an interesting read in
@RichardDawkins Cutting edge book "The Selfish Gene".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The best executed long-term study... says the handicap signaling/sexual selection story is wrong. "Indian peafowl in Japan over 7 years. We found no evidence that peahens expressed any preference for peacocks with more elaborate trains" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347207005301?via%3Dihub …
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Loud, flashy males with rhythm and drab females who just sit there represents the final triumph of female-driven selection. Then the species goes extinct as soon as there is a threat that does not care about flashiness.
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