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New in Weird & Wild News: Peacock Surprise

Check out my latest post at Nat Geo's Weird & Wild blog: What does she see in him? Eye tracking reveals what peahens pay attention to, and it's mostly not peacocks. Scientists who used eye-tracking cameras to follow peahens’ gazes found that the female birds spend only 20 to 30 percent of their time looking at a displaying male, and the rest of the time looking around for food or predators.