I read in a recent book that in the Peacock, males have smaller front legs than females.
Has anyone come across this distinction? Good time of year to check any evidence of this if you are lucky enough to find a mating pair and of course, taking photos highlighting the difference in the size of the legs.
ATB
Peter
Sexing Peacocks
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Re: Sexing Peacocks
Sounds fairly nonsensical to me, since the forelegs are vestigial in both sexes (and hard to see!). It would make sense in the Duke of Burgundy, of course.
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Re: Sexing Peacocks
The Duke of Burgundy the only British Butterfly Species that can have 4,5 or 6 visible legs, when none are missing.Pete Eeles wrote:Sounds fairly nonsensical to me, since the forelegs are vestigial in both sexes (and hard to see!). It would make sense in the Duke of Burgundy, of course.
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