PRECOCIOUS PEAFOWL
Peacocks have a stunning 5-foot-long train of upper tail coverts, which sit above their tail feathers. The bigger and brighter, the more irresistible it is to a nearby peahen. Despite their length, the feathers don’t slow males down. University of Leeds researchers in the U.K. discovered that male peacocks are efficient fliers both with their full breeding-season plumage and without it after they molt.