The elaborate tail feathers of peacocks arose as a result of _____.

The elaborate tail feathers of males are a display used to attract mates. If a male has such an elaborate set of feathers he is probably healthy and has genes that allow him to survive even with such a gaudy handicap. This is a male whose genes a female would like to pass to her offspring so that her own genes will have an increased chance of being passed to the next generation.

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