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Expert: - 9/4/2008


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i read ur answer about peacock sex.....can u explain how peacock having intercourse? i would like to  see some pictures,images or video....because i need more explanation.

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Peacocks reproduce just like every other bird - the male mounts the female on the back and moves his cloaca (common reproductive/elimination tract) to hers and ejaculates sperm. Given that your name seems to be East Indian, you have proably heard that females get pregnant by drinking the tears of males - not true; it's a myth.

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Roger Lederer

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Any and all about WILD birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.

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Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.

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PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico

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