• waz@lemmy.world
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    Similarly, and also often misunderstood…

    Peacock only refers to the males. A female is called a peahen.

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        Honestly not sure which is worse. Peafowl or guinea fowl

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          I’ve lived near both, and only one made me think that children were being murdered nearby.

          Peafowl sound like nightmares.

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            First time I heard peafowl at night, I honestly thought a woman was being murdered in the distance or something. I was a kid and had to ask my parents what was going on. I almost didn’t believe them because I didn’t even know there were peafowl down the road at all. But that memory always stuck with me lol

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      You say peacock and nobody bats an eye… but you say poopcock and everyone LOSES THEIR MINDS

      - The Joker