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A rare image of a flying peacock [762 x 960] (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Jedi-Master-Yoda 38 points39 points ago

This is awesome. it never occurred to me that Peacocks could actually fly.

[–]glassuser 32 points33 points ago

They are aerial screeching shit machines.

[–]tremens 14 points15 points ago

They can, they're just not really built for it anymore. They're terribly inefficient at it, so it burns a tremendous amount of energy for them lift themselves and usually only fly very short distances. They can sort of "sprint" vertically to get to high ground if they feel threatened or to roost for the night, and fly out at a slow descent when jumping from an elevated position.

[–]usedtobehollyangelle 2 points3 points ago

Good thing I'm not the only one!

[–]ElAvestruz 2 points3 points ago

They're just not good at it.

[–]RandomFrenchGuy 0 points1 point ago

They don't really fly. It's just that the catapult is out of the frame.

[–]Acroamor 17 points18 points ago

"i'm a peacock, you gotta let me fly!"

[–]PhotogenicMemory 2 points3 points ago

Hey, I did my first desk pop!

[–]danrick 12 points13 points ago

this is awesome and I found this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Gr_0cHlpM

[–]Exodus_420 2 points3 points ago

It looks so horrifying, yet beautiful and elegant. God I love it!

[–]hullokoala 0 points1 point ago

Horrifying is a peacock's call... Was not sure what to make of it the first time I heard it.

[–]danrick 7 points8 points ago

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA4rVc0cSQ6o%26feature%3Dfvst&start1=&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dh0Gr_0cHlpM&start2=&authorName=Danrick

even better

[–]whoadave[S] 1 point2 points ago

I fucking love this album.

[–]danrick 0 points1 point ago

its awesome isn't it :D

[–]FullBleed 0 points1 point ago

Upvoted for Bonobo!

[–]danrick -1 points0 points ago

upvote for liking bonobo also

[–]CaptInsane 0 points1 point ago

one on the left never loaded

[–]danrick 0 points1 point ago

ah really? it worked for me and that other dude, its basically bonobo black sands playing in HD to that peacock flying in slow mo, works quite well

[–]powercorruption 5 points6 points ago

That isn't flying. That's falling with style.

[–]durants 0 points1 point ago

Now I need to watch Toy Story again.

[–]shitler420 8 points9 points ago

I once saw a peacock fly....scared the fucking piss out of me.

[–]The_Real_Cats_Eye 3 points4 points ago

My neighbor has one of these expletive deleted birds and it likes to use my pickup to roost on. Scratches all over the place. I've got some pics of it flying too if anyone wants to see it. Blue and green highlights. Stupid expletive deleted bird.

Damn thing has TWO sets of wings.

[–]HorribleBastard 13 points14 points ago

It's okay, you can use bad words on the internet. We don't mind.

[–]mh6446 3 points4 points ago

I got really confused for a moment and thought maybe Animal Porn was some strange subreddit where swearing wasn't allowed. Luckily "scared the fucking piss out of me" was right about it, and all was restored in my mind.

[–]sillyokio 3 points4 points ago

I'd like to see the photos!

[–]The_Real_Cats_Eye 3 points4 points ago

ok, I'll dig them up this evening.

[–]aazav 0 points1 point ago

Little bit of a repost.

[–]bobdolebobdole 1 point2 points ago

It never occurred to me that I hadn't seen a peacock fly. However, when I was in Mexico a few years back, I was asleep in my friend's condo on the 3rd floor only to be awoken by a screeching peacock sitting on the balcony. I assure you that the peacock was not there when I passed out, but it never occurred to me that it must have flown up there until now.

[–]JarlGrimnar0311 2 points3 points ago

"I'm a peacock captain, you gotta let me fly!!!"

'Terry, let's get something right, peacocks can't fly!'

"They fly, they fly a lil...."

[–]liedel 1 point2 points ago

It looks a lot like a dinosaur in this picture. Seems very primitive compared to other birds.

[–]ExtraFancy 0 points1 point ago

Does anyone else see the face of an elephant? Its tail looks like the trunk, the blue dots at the top of its wings look like eyes, and the copper-colored feathers like ears.

[–]technosasquatch 1 point2 points ago

they can fly?!

[–]bluemli 0 points1 point ago

I live in Hawaii and there are peacocks on the North Shore. They fly (short distances) all the time so I don't know why this would be a rare image.

[–]renotsdetapitsnoc 0 points1 point ago

It looks like a woman with her back turned towards you wearing a ridiculous dress with a boa just soaring through the air.

Incredible..................

[–]icculus88 0 points1 point ago

TIL that peacocks fly

[–]briang1339 0 points1 point ago

Do ALL peacocks have the ability to fly or is it just some species or something?

[–]Magical_Durian 0 points1 point ago

It kind of looks like a phoenix!

[–]macko10 0 points1 point ago

its that a ho oh

[–]Jiggy11 1 point2 points ago

THEY CAN FLY!?

[–]ezralius -1 points0 points ago

It can't be that rare if I've seen it before.

[–]asherrd 0 points1 point ago

Well you have the internet now. Nothing is rare if it has been seen once and filmed nowadays.

[–]Mizzlefizz 0 points1 point ago

Kinda Reminds Me Of Ho-oh

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