The showy tail is not to attract mates

A study by the University of Tokyo, Japan, said that the sprawling peacock's tail was turned out to be ineffective in stimulating or attracting female peacocks.

The sound that the male emitted attracted the attention of the servants more than the beautiful tail.

The results of this study have rejected the long-held notion that showy hair of male work is an evolutionary product to meet the partner's choice.

Through research on Indian male peacocks, Japanese researchers found that the sound they emitted seemed to attract the attention of the female rather than the beautiful tail.

Dr Mariko Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, who led the study, said: "We think that the sound of male workers has the most influence on the merits."

Dr. Takahashi and his colleagues studied Indian public populations at Izu Cactus Park in Shizuoka.

In the spring from 1995 - 2001, they observed their successful mating, focusing on the so-called "tremor of male work".

In each of these times, a male will play and vibrate the tail right in front of a nearby public servant. This tail vibration produces a characteristic rustling noise. The females show their attraction to this trembling display by running around the male they like.

The researchers noted signals that the connection was successful, and linked them to a few attractive elements of male tails, such as the tail length, and the number of eye spots on it. However, during the course of the study, they could not find a link between the showyness of the public tail and the ability to successfully mate. They even found that there was little difference in the tail of the peacocks studied.