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What color attracts horses?

Based on water intake, researchers found that horses preferred to drink from the turquoise buckets. Preferences for the colors, from highest to lowest, were turquoise, light blue, light green, green, yellow, and red. Horses chose the blues over other colors and light-toned colors over darker tones.

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Is it possible horses have color preferences? Does your palomino prefer purple, your Trakehner turquoise, your mare mauve? Can horse owners ever know?

Researchers recently explored color preferences through the use of different colored water buckets.1 Preference was determined based on how much water was consumed from galvanized steel buckets painted one of six colors: red, yellow, green, light green, light blue, and turquoise. Six horses, three Thoroughbreds and three Haflingers, were maintained on the same diet throughout the study (1-2 kg of forage, 0.5-1 kg concentrate per 100 kg of body weight). They were turned out in paddocks each day for seven hours for the duration of the study period, which lasted 18 days. Six buckets, one in each of the six colors, were attached to the fence equidistant from one another, about two meters. Researchers shifted bucket positions each day so that every bucket was in every position along the fence. Based on water intake, researchers found that horses preferred to drink from the turquoise buckets. Preferences for the colors, from highest to lowest, were turquoise, light blue, light green, green, yellow, and red. Horses chose the blues over other colors and light-toned colors over darker tones. In light of these results, the researchers suggested that the use of turquoise or light blue buckets might encourage horses to drink.

How Horses Perceive Color, Simply Put

Behavioral studies have demonstrated the ability of horses to discriminate colors. Like most other nonprimate mammals, horses are thought to have dichromatic color vision. Humans have trichromatic color vision and can see the four basic hues of red, green, blue, and yellow as well as an array of intermediate hues, like orange (yellowish-red) or violet (reddish-blue), and thousands of shades. Scientists believe that horses and other animals with dichromatic vision do not process intermediate hues, seeing only shades of blue and yellow. The spectrum of colors perceived by humans with trichromatic color vision (left) and the same spectrum as viewed by horses (right), which are thought to have dichromatic color vision.2 The spectrum of colors perceived by humans with trichromatic color vision (left) and the same spectrum as viewed by horses (right), which are thought to have dichromatic color vision. 1Yildirim, F., and A. Yildiz. 2020. Water bucket colour preferences in horses. Australia Journal of Veterinary Sciences 52(2). 2Carroll, J., C.J. Murphy, M. Neitz, J.N. Ver Hoeve, and J. Neitz. 2001. Photopigment basis for dichromatic color vision in the horse. Journal of Vision 1:80-87.

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What is male version of peacock called?

The term "peacock" is commonly used to refer to birds of both sexes. Technically, only males are peacocks. Females are peahens, and together, they are called peafowl. Suitable males may gather harems of several females, each of which will lay three to five eggs.

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Common Name : Peacocks Scientific Name : Afropavo, Pavo Type : Birds Diet : Omnivore Group Name : Muster, ostenstation, pride Size relative to a 6-ft man : Peacocks are large, colorful pheasants (typically blue and green) known for their iridescent tails.

Distinctive Tail Feathers

These tail feathers, or coverts, spread out in a distinctive train that is more than 60 percent of the bird’s total body length and boast colorful "eye" markings of blue, gold, red, and other hues. The large train is used in mating rituals and courtship displays. It can be arched into a magnificent fan that reaches across the bird's back and touches the ground on either side. Females are believed to choose their mates according to the size, color, and quality of these outrageous feather trains.

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Peacocks are ground-feeders that eat insects, plants, and small creatures. There are two familiar peacock species. The blue peacock lives in India and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found in Java and Myanmar (Burma). A more distinct and little-known species, the Congo peacock, inhabits African rain forests. Peafowl such as the blue peacock have been admired by humans and kept as pets for thousands of years. Selective breeding has created some unusual color combinations, but wild birds are themselves bursting with vibrant hues. They can be testy and do not mix well with other domestic birds.

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