2. Animal Facts
Description
Peacocks are types of birds.
Besides the Indian peacock
there are Congo peacocks
and Green peacocks. Indian
peacocks are typically blue,
green and gold. Adult
peacocks can be 35 to 50
inches tall. Peacocks can
weigh as much as 8.75
pounds to 13 pounds.
Peacocks have tons of
beautiful feathers which are
blue, green and gold. Peacock
tail feathers can be as wide
as 5 feet. Peacock tail
feathers are called a train.
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Movement
Peacocks walk and
sometimes do a little
run to catch up with
another peacock.
Some special facts
about the way it
moves are when it
walks its tail feathers
slightly drag across
the ground.
Diet
Peacocks are
omnivores. They
mainly eat insects,
plants, small
creatures, worms,
nuts and seeds.
3. Habitat
Indian peacocks live in India, Pakistan and Shri Lanka.
They only live in rain forests, regular forests and wooded
areas. Some adaptations that peacocks have made are
that they have to stay in their birth habitat because if
they go somewhere cold they might die.
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habitat.
4. Life Cycle
Adult peacocks lay about 3 to 5
eggs. It takes 28 days for a baby
peacock to hatch. Their parents
stay with them until they become
adults. They look sort of like
Turkey babies or Plouts. Baby
peacocks are called peachicks.
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animal as a baby
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animal as a
grown/ mature
animal.
Adult peacocks live in groups called a
party, pride or a bevy. Male peacocks
have gorgeous colors such as blue, green
and gold. Female peacocks are not as
bright as the male but still have colors
like brown, green and tan. Adult peacocks
live about 20 years in the wild.
5. Animal Interactions
Indian peacocks protect themselves by flying up a
tree and staying there for a couple nights. Peacocks
communicate by showing their feathers.
A peacock hiding
on a tree from a
predator.
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that allows it to protect
itself
Peacocks have eight different predators which
include: Coons, Skunks, possums, cats, dogs, tigers,
leopards and mongoose. They do not interact with
other animals they only talk to their own kind.
This animal is a
predator of an
Indian Peacock.
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prey, etc.
6. Interesting Facts
Fact #1
Peacocks are the
national bird of India.
Fact #2
Peacocks molt, or lose
their feathers every
year towards the end
of summer.
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fact #1
Fact #4
The scientific
name for a
peacock is a Pavo
Cristatus
Fact #3
Left alone
peacocks are sad
and heart broken.
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fact #2
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fact #3
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