Why does a peacock have eye-spotted tail feathers? When facing all those colorful Rounds, are predators fooled he is a gang of birds? Evolution favors the survival of the fittest, after all. The male peafowl fans out his extravagant plumage in a ritualistic courtship display, strutting and fluttering his feathery ocelli for the ladies. So is it about attraction and selection? Researchers have recently found that females do prefer eye-shapes over other shapes. Apparently, the eyes do have it.

09.19.23