![]() ![]() In the following slides, we've compiled a collection of 50 incredible images showcasing companionship in the animal kingdom.įrom the strong bonds shared by cheetahs and dogs to the complex family units of wolves and prairie dogs, you're sure to be surprised by how many different species are able to develop close social and emotional connections. In fact, many species benefit from social interactions. In researching the importance and effects of companionship, Stacker found that humans weren't the only animals who need these connections. While many of these ideas are good ones and help to a certain degree, nothing can quite replace that feeling of spending in-person time with our nearest and dearest. Throughout the course of the coronavirus pandemic, government organizations, news sources, and media outlets have suggested dozens of safe, healthy ways to connect with friends and loved ones. When we aren't able to connect with others, or when we experience feelings of isolation, our health suffers. Connecting with others can lower anxiety and depression, increase self-esteem and empathy, improve our immune systems, and even help us regulate our emotions. Clicked by Atul and I've got his permission to load these pics.Research has shown that social connection and companionship have many positive benefits. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent. Peacock feathers are used in many rituals and ornamentation. In Buddhist philosophy, the peacock represents wisdom. Another story has Indra who after being cursed with a thousand ulcers was transformed into a peacock with a thousand eyes. A story in the Uttara Ramayana describes the head of the Devas, Indra, who unable to defeat Ravana, sheltered under the wing of peacock and later blessed it with a "thousand eyes" and fearlessness from serpents. Many Hindu deities are associated with the bird, Krishna is often depicted with a feather in his headband, while worshippers of Shiva associate the bird as the steed of the God of war, Karthikeya. A Sankrit derivation of mayura is from the root mi for kill and suggested as meaning killer of snakes. The ornate train is believed to be the result of female sexual selection as males raise the feathers into a fan and quiver them as part of courtship display and the peahens select males on the basis of their plumage. Fully developed trains are found in birds older than four years.The moult of the flight feathers may be spread out across the year. The long train feathers (and tarsal spurs) of the male develop only after the second year of life. The tail itself is brown and short as in the peahen. The "train" is in reality made up of the enormously elongated upper tail coverts. Peafowl are best known for the male's extravagant display feathers which, despite actually growing from their back, are thought of as a tail. They are found mainly on the ground in open forest or cultivation where they forage for berries, grains but will also prey on snakes, lizards, and small rodents. The female lacks the train, has a greenish lower neck and has a duller brown plumage. These stiff and elongated feathers are raised into a fan and quivered in a display during courtship. The peacock (male) is predominantly blue with a fan-like crest of spatula-tipped wire-like feathers and is best known for the long train made up of elongated upper-tail covert feathers which bear colourful eyespots. ![]()
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