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  1. Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] ·

    Happy #TushTuesday.
    #Peacock tush 🦚
    The males are so dramatic. They're super loud. Every year, they sing loudly for mates. Peacocks are polygamous & have multiple mates.

    It's Spring & the peacocks are singing their mating songs, shaking their tushes, doing their full feathers out fan dances - to attract some peahens to nest with. It's fight season for competing peacocks too.

    Peafowl (the blue ones) are native to India. They have huge cultural significance there. The peafowl is India's national bird.

    #farm #tush #FluffyButt #BirdButt #animals #avian #bird #peafowl #Spring #rumpshaker #feathers #plumage #Saanich

    #tushtuesday #peacock #farm #tush #fluffybutt #birdbutt
  2. Lukas VFN 🇪🇺 @[email protected] ·

    #Parrot #plumage study aids breeders and endangered natural populations genestogenomes.org/parrot-plum

    Mutations in SLC45A2 lead to loss of #melanin in parrot #feathers academic.oup.com/g3journal/art

    "Blue and yellow #pigmentation combine to create the green hue—which blends well with the tree #canopy—most commonly seen in wild parrots. In contrast, yellow alone is a popular color for captive-bred #birds. New study investigates the molecular basis of yellow color variations in three species of #parrots."

    #parrot #plumage #melanin #feathers #pigmentation #canopy