[babygene]

“For a male peacock, a large tail is a positive mutation, with regard to its chances of mating.”

What makes you think that the male peacock got it’s tail feathers by evolving? There’s no evidence of that...

[CarrotAndStick]

I was mentioning peacocks with the genetics to grow long tail-feathers, as opposed to those that could grow shorter ones. I wasn’t talking about the origin of the tail-feathers themselves.

Nice try, BTW.

:)