Sentences with phrase «as peacock tails»

Not exact matches

Genetic conflicts over physical traits that help one sex but harm the other sometimes appear to be settled by a trait evolving to develop only in the sex it benefits, as with the flamboyant tails of male peacocks, for instance.

Showy ornaments used by the male of the species in competition for mates, such as the long tail of a peacock or shaggy mane of a lion, could indicate a species» risk of decline in a changing climate, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Humans make music just as beavers build dams and peacocks show off their tail feathers, he reasoned, so music must have evolved.

Darwin argued, and many researchers believe, that sexual selection — competition for mates — is the driving force for the evolution of such foppish ornamentation as a male peacock's tail and the stunning turquoise, white, and chestnut coloration of an adult male lazuli bunting.

«Darwin's female - choice theory has become the foundation for explaining the presence of exaggerated secondary sexual traits in many males, such as the peacock's tail feathers,» says evolutionary biologist Rama Singh, an author of a paper in the journal PLOS ONE that explains the findings.

Lord Shen, the white peacock, whirls about like a dervish, alternating his wide, beautiful tail as both shield and weapon with moves that make Jet Li look like a wallflower.

Today, however, it is often described as a composite of many birds including the head of a golden pheasant, the body of a mandarin duck, the tail of a peacock, the legs of a crane, the mouth of a parrot, and the wings of a swallow.