In Biology class, we have been covering the topic of animal response and behaviour as to how they got their food resources and how their characteristics give them benefits that allow them to survive and mate. One of the behaviours we have learnt in class is how animals behave when looking for a mate. They also have a behaviour called courtship. Courtship is described as mate-selection rituals, this behaviour may involve animals doing many complicated things, such as dancing, touching, vocalisations, visual displays of bright colours, size or fighting prowess or via pheromones. Every courtships behaviours are different for each individual even if they are same species. The males are usually the one who are performing this ritual and females are the one that selects or rejects the male individual.
One of the known samples of courtship in animals is the courtship behaviour of peacocks. To find a potential mate, a peacock would unravel their tail feathers in a certain way to show off their bright and distinctive colour to a peahen. This behaviour is an example of displaying their beauty. But their distinctive colour also has a meaning to it, if the peahen has selected the peacock due to its colour, it suggests that this specific peacock has the best fitness, hence why they are selected. Also, females consider their physical features to ensure that their mate is fit so that they could have a high chance of survival. And also they can have important consequences for the reproductive success and overall fitness of individuals within a population.
