Editing Peafowl (section)

==== Aposematism and natural selection ====
It has been suggested that a peacock's train, loud call, and fearless behavior have been formed by natural selection (with or without sexual selection too), and served as an [[aposematic]] display to intimidate predators and rivals.<ref name="jj2">{{Cite journal |last=Jordania |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Jordania |date=September 2021 |title=Can there be an Alternative Evolutionary Reason Behind the Peacock's Impressive Train? |url=https://www.academia.edu/54119122 |journal=Academia Letters |doi=10.20935/AL3534 |s2cid=244187388 |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030154/https://www.academia.edu/54119122 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jordania |first=Joseph |year=2011 |chapter=Peacock's Tail: Tale of Beauty and Intimidation |title=[[Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution]] |location=Tbilisi, Georgia |publisher=Logos |pages=192–196 |isbn=978-9941-401-86-2 }}</ref> This hypothesis is designed to explain Takahashi's observations that in Japan, neither reproductive success nor physical condition correlate with the train's length, symmetry or number of eyespots.<ref name="takahashi"/>