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The peafowl might also nest on crevices in the buildings, and disused nests of vultures. [15] [45] The female lays a clutch of three to eight oval shaped eggs. The eggs measure about 2.45–3 in (6.2–7.6 cm) in length and 1.42–2.2 in (3.6–5.6 cm) in width. They appear polished and have thick shells with pits and pores.
A peacock served in full plumage (detail of the Allegory of Taste, Hearing and Touch by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1618) In ancient Rome, peafowl were served as a delicacy. [64] The dish was introduced there in approximately 35 B.C. The poet Horace ridiculed the eating of peafowl, saying they tasted like chicken. Peafowl eggs were also valued.
The bird featured in the video, and the one that most people think of when they picture a peacock, is an Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) although they are commonly called simply Indian ...
The traditional modes of reproduction include oviparity, taken to be the ancestral condition, traditionally where either unfertilised oocytes or fertilised eggs are spawned, and viviparity traditionally including any mechanism where young are born live, or where the development of the young is supported by either parent in or on any part of their body.
The green peafowl is a forest bird which nests on the ground laying an egg clutch with three to six eggs. [13] It has been widely stated that the green peafowl is polygynous, but males are solitary and do not display in leks. Instead the solitary males are highly territorial and form harems with no pair bonds.
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This species has variable egg laying capacity and females who mated with color-enhanced males produced a larger quantity of eggs in less time than controls. The eggs produced were of similar quality in both cases showing that the females can adjust laying capacity based on the apparent carotenoid-based ornamentation of its mate.
Goat kids will stay with their mother until they are weaned. Most mammals are viviparous, giving birth to live young. [1] However, the five species of monotreme, the platypuses and the echidnas, lay eggs. The monotremes have a sex determination system different from that of most other mammals. [2]