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The Birds And The Bees

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The Male Peacock Feathers

The more beautiful a male penguin is, the less he's going to help care for his eggs and chicks. Male peacock feathers put on a display for theyre female in order to entice her into his bachelor pad. Males of some species have homosexual sex with other males who are also dutiful dads but doing their own activities on the side.

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