ALE BIRDS ARE FAMOUS FOR being the more flamboyant sex. The peahen looks positively dowdy next to her eye-catching partner, whose feathery, fan-tailed finery frankly borders the absurd. Charles Darwin was the first to propose that such gratuitous splendour is all in the name of sex. Flashier males exist to win the attention of females – it’s the textbook
FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
May 30, 2024
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