# @science on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMyA5BIva7K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32843516-science-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f3313a2d66.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-31T18:03:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

🦚 The peacock is called Duran, 7 years old, and it is part of the caenhillcc animal rescue center. What makes the peacock’s feathers so brilliant? Microscopic “crystal-like structures” that reflect different wavelengths of light depending on how they’re spaced, resulting in bright fluorescent colors. Hummingbirds and shimmering butterflies have mastered a similar visual effect on their wings.⁠
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🤓 The word "peacock" is often used to describe males and females, but females are actually peahens, offspring are peachicks, and peafowl is all-encompassing; peacocks technically are just the boys. There are three species of peafowl: Pavo cristatus (Indian or blue peafowl), Pavo muticus (green peafowl), and Afropavo congensis (Congo or African peafowl). Humans have co-existed with peafowl for millennia, yet scientists continue to discover new information to broaden our understanding of these birds.⁠
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🎥 filmed by: caenhillcc⁠
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slowmotion, peafowl, bird, feathers, eggs, egg, feather, animals, nature, science, bevy, peacock, peathens, biology, peacocks, chicks, animal

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