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Why is it beneficial for female peacocks to choose to mate with a male peacock with a full colorful trains?

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Peahens often choose males for the quality of their trains -- the quantity, size, and distribution of the colorful eyespots. Experiments show that offspring of males with more eyespots are bigger at birth and better at surviving in the wild than offspring of birds with fewer eyespots.

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