The nerve of some of these people. They come over to my home to visit me and they behave like barbarians. Did you hear that one guy who kept calling me “Toots.” How mortifying is that? And then his buddy calls out and wants to know when I’m going to perform a fan dance.
Just who do these idiots think I am? I happen to be the alpha male at this venue, but these humans are so stupid that just because I have this beautiful tale with these gorgeous iridescent feathers that I show off when I strut my stuff, they think I’m a female.
The last straw, though, was when some jerk called out, “Hey, Babe, come on and shake a tailfeather for me.” I jumped down off the railing and hopped over to that smug asshole and would have pecked the dumb sombitch to death had not my keeper intervened.
Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge. Photo credit: Sarah Whiley.
This, That, and the Other 
Peacocks do have a temper. Better be careful
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I needed this laugh this afternoon!
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Happy to have obliged. 😉
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Bend over and let me see you shake a tail feather.
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Good write to that pic, Fandango. Humans are tiresome to a lot of species and genders.
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That we are, Li.
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I’m in a pretty pissed off stance, today, and can identify with that green guy’s feelings… although I wonder if he thinks the behavior of the visitors would be right if only he were a she.
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I have a soft spot for peacocks. When I was little they roamed freely (during the warmer months) in our local park. My parents’ house happened to be on the other side of the forbidding wall – which didn’t really interest the birds. Anyhow, for me the call of a peacock spells home as exotic as it may be to other folks in our climes. We were so used to it that we didn’t find it necessary to warn house guests and I remember more than once seeing dark rings under our guests’ eyes at the first breakfast. They hadn’t slept a wink. Not only are these birds loud and – let’s be honest, not very melodious – they can be haunting if you don’t know them.
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Very interesting. I didn’t know any of this about peacocks, having only been exposed to them at zoos.
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Sometimes the peacocks sound like cats.
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😁
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They are such pretty birds! Nice write!
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Thsnks, Leigha.
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You’re welcome.
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