Indian Peafowl

== Roleplays that feature this creature ==
* Sasan Gir
* Domestic Life
* Welcome to the Farm!
== Other info ==
They do not like water and if they get wet, they will wait in a safe place until they are dry. To get clean, they prefer to take dust baths. They sleep in trees. Both peahens and peacocks have sharp spurs which they may use in fights, although they will usually prefer to flee with an exception for fights between peacocks over territory or peahens. They are capable of flight, but only in short bursts.
=== Diet ===
They eat mostly bugs, but will also eat meat, flowers, grains and plants. They are one of the few animals capable of eating bamboo, and will also eat pebbles which help them digest the food they eat.
=== Social Structure ===
Outside of the breeding season, peafowl are usually solitary, but it isn't uncommon for them to live in same gender flocks. During breeding season, flocks of peahens will seek out a peacock to breed with, preferring the peacocks with the most eye spots on their trains ("train" is the word for the peacock's iconic tail feathers which they may spread out like a fan to impress the peahens). Once a peacock is able to win over a peahen or few, he will stay with them for the rest of the breeding season, defending them from other peacocks.
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