General Flash Fiction posted November 13, 2019 |
I was wooed - I rejected him. (50 words)
Such a Pretty Tale
by LisaMay
This ostentatious cock was far too flashy for me, always showing off with all that fan-flare, but his attention to de-tail got on my nerves. Feather-more, he was always upstaging me – all eyes were on him. Such vanity! He can get plucked for all I care. I’ll remain fancy free.
This ostentatious cock was far too flashy for me, always showing off with all that fan-flare, but his attention to de-tail got on my nerves. Feather-more, he was always upstaging me – all eyes were on him. Such vanity! He can get plucked for all I care. I’ll remain fancy free.
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Author's Note:
This is number 46 in the series of my hypothetical 'new boyfriends'.
The creatures I have written about previously are: Penguin, Chimpanzee, Whale, Albatross, Rabbit, Bull, Cat, Dog, Pig, Horse, Grey Parrot, Snake, Polar Bear, Bee, Octopus, Goat, Vampire Bat, Swan, Snail, Elephant, Flamingo, Kangaroo, Rainbow Trout, Dung Beetle, Beaver, Swordfish, Giraffe, Mouse, Sheep, Pigeon, Gnu, Porcupine, Centipede, Cheetah, Alligator, Owl, Seahorse, Tortoise, Praying Mantis, Fur Seal, Squirrel, Condor, Shark, Rhinoceros, Camel.
PEAFOWL
Only the males are actually peacocks. The collective term for these birds is peafowl. The males are peacocks and the females are peahens. The babies are called peachicks. A family of peafowl is called a bevy. A group of the birds is also sometimes called an ostentation, a muster, or even a party.
A peacock's tail feathers, with its distinctive marking of 'eyes', can reach up to six feet long and make up about 60 percent of its body length. Despite these odd proportions, the bird flies just fine, but not very far.
The feathers are so brilliant due to the microscopic crystal-like structures that reflect different wavelengths of light, resulting in bright, fluorescent colours. (Hummingbirds and some butterflies have mastered a similar visual effect on their own wings.)
The British Journal of Animal Behaviour says that when a peacock fans its ornamented train for the ladies during mating season, its feathers quiver, emitting a low-frequency sound inaudible to human ears. Depending on whether they want to attract females from far away or up close, they can change the sound by shaking different parts of their feathers.
Peacocks shed their train every year after mating season, so the feathers can be gathered and sold without the birds coming to any harm. The average lifespan of a peacock in the wild is about 20 years.
Peacocks are the national bird of India.
The birds were considered a culinary delicacy in medieval times. They were plucked, roasted and then re-dressed in their feathers, to appear on the dinner table as if in their original live state.
These are the presentation instructions from one recipe:
"wynde the skyn
wit the fethurs and the taile abought
the body, And serve him forthe as he
were a-live."
The birds may have looked beautiful, but they reportedly tasted terrible.
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and 2 member cents. This is number 46 in the series of my hypothetical 'new boyfriends'.
The creatures I have written about previously are: Penguin, Chimpanzee, Whale, Albatross, Rabbit, Bull, Cat, Dog, Pig, Horse, Grey Parrot, Snake, Polar Bear, Bee, Octopus, Goat, Vampire Bat, Swan, Snail, Elephant, Flamingo, Kangaroo, Rainbow Trout, Dung Beetle, Beaver, Swordfish, Giraffe, Mouse, Sheep, Pigeon, Gnu, Porcupine, Centipede, Cheetah, Alligator, Owl, Seahorse, Tortoise, Praying Mantis, Fur Seal, Squirrel, Condor, Shark, Rhinoceros, Camel.
PEAFOWL
Only the males are actually peacocks. The collective term for these birds is peafowl. The males are peacocks and the females are peahens. The babies are called peachicks. A family of peafowl is called a bevy. A group of the birds is also sometimes called an ostentation, a muster, or even a party.
A peacock's tail feathers, with its distinctive marking of 'eyes', can reach up to six feet long and make up about 60 percent of its body length. Despite these odd proportions, the bird flies just fine, but not very far.
The feathers are so brilliant due to the microscopic crystal-like structures that reflect different wavelengths of light, resulting in bright, fluorescent colours. (Hummingbirds and some butterflies have mastered a similar visual effect on their own wings.)
The British Journal of Animal Behaviour says that when a peacock fans its ornamented train for the ladies during mating season, its feathers quiver, emitting a low-frequency sound inaudible to human ears. Depending on whether they want to attract females from far away or up close, they can change the sound by shaking different parts of their feathers.
Peacocks shed their train every year after mating season, so the feathers can be gathered and sold without the birds coming to any harm. The average lifespan of a peacock in the wild is about 20 years.
Peacocks are the national bird of India.
The birds were considered a culinary delicacy in medieval times. They were plucked, roasted and then re-dressed in their feathers, to appear on the dinner table as if in their original live state.
These are the presentation instructions from one recipe:
"wynde the skyn
wit the fethurs and the taile abought
the body, And serve him forthe as he
were a-live."
The birds may have looked beautiful, but they reportedly tasted terrible.
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