Peacocks

Animals communicate in many different ways for many different reasons. One animal that has a flashy way of communicating are Peafowl. Peacocks come equipped with long prominently colored tail feathers that are used to make them look larger in size when threatened as well as display their genetics in an attempt to attract a potential mating partner.

Many animals have rituals that signal it’s time for mating. Peacocks (male Peafowl) use their colored feathers to attract Peahens (female Peafowl) during mating. Peahens do not have the colorful tail feathers that the males do. During the mating ritual, the Peacock exposes his tail feathers in the hopes that it will attract a compatible Peahen to mate with. Peacocks have an average of 200 tail feathers that are re-grown annually. Of the 200 feathers about 170 of them are ‘eye’ feathers and 30 are ‘T’ feathers. When a Peacock exposes his tail feathers to a Peahen he is communicating that he is a male and he is interested in mating. Studies have shown that not only the coloring of the males feathers play a role in being selected as a mate by the Peahen, but the pattern on and the length of the feathers also indicate desirable genetics that Peahen may be interested in. Studies have shown that just like humans, Peahens have preferences in size, color, and symmetry of the Peacocks they are willing to mate with.

Like most other animal species, Peafowl use aesthetic features as one way to communicate with one another. In this case the Peacocks tail feathers are put on display to show the female that he is ready, willing, and able to mate.

Humane Society

The Humane Society of the United States is the nations largest and most effective animal protection organization. They confront animal cruelty issues and target issues such as: dogfighting, puppy mills, factory farming, canned hunts, horse slaughter, and commercial fur trade. The Humane Society is a non profit organization and they work to protect all animals.

The Wisconsin Humane Society is a non profit organization as well and works to build a community where people value and treat animals with kindness and respect. They have a tremendous adoption program where they adopt animals out to families for companionship and care. They also work with wild animals and have a spay/neuter clinic for low income families. The Wisconsin Humane Society offers education to children and adults to teach about the care for animals and to inform about the neglect and violence against animals. They offer dog training classes for puppys and even adult dogs so they can learn manners and behave well. The Humane Society rescues thousands of animals annually.

The Humane Society is a great place to adopt a pet. The majority of the time, adopted pets are the best pets. Im sure if you ask anyone who rescued a pet from the Humane Society, they will tell you it was one of the best things they ever did. The Humane Society even offers a website where you can go online if you are interested in adopting a pet and view the animals and read about them before you even go. This is a great way for people to fall in love with a pet and save a life.