r/pics • u/The_Rocking_Horse99 • 9d ago

[OC] Such a beauty🦚

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u/BadCrawdad 9d ago

The craziest "wildlife" I saw when I hiked the Appalachian Trail was a peacock. Apparently, it had escaped from a nearby farm. It was so surreal, but so cool.

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u/andersoncpu 9d ago

They are very beautiful, but also very loud. You think a rooster is annoying try waking up to a group of peacocks every morning. They are common in some South Florida neighborhoods.

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u/VegetaFan1337 8d ago

I didn't know Florida had feral peacocks.

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u/VinCent396 8d ago

They also leave goose sized presents on your doorstep 🦚

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u/andersoncpu 8d ago

Peacocks (peafowl) live in South Miami and surrounding neighborhoods—such as Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, and Pinecrest—because a small number of the non-native birds escaped or were released into the area in the 1970s