Feathers fly when peacock procreates with car
You'd never guess that a bird could confuse something as big as a car for one of its sexual partners, but that's exactly what happened recently in England. A male peacock that lives in the grounds of an aristocrat's manor caused thousands of dollars of damage to a guest's Lexus when it attempted to procreate with it.
The car was left covered in scratches and will now require a full respray, with insurers, Lloyd's of London, left to foot the bill of £4,000 or $8,137.60 USD. The owner of the property, Benjamin Slade, revealed that insurers weren't happy with the situation, explaining "they've had claims for all sorts of things like lions biting people, but never have they heard of a peacock sexually attacking a car before."
The odd thing is that the car's paint color, coincidentally named Peacock Blue, matches the plumage of a male peacock (female peahens are brown), which has led some to speculate the culprit might in fact be gay. Though Gaywheels.com lists Lexus as being a gay friendly company, we can't comment on whether or not that extends to our gay avian friends.
[Source: IOL SA, WhatCar?]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
john 1:11PM (10/05/2007)
wait... what? are you serious?
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ryan 1:11PM (10/05/2007)
well, my ignorant self has learned something today. and that is that peacock sex is now a tag on autoblog. just never saw that one coming guys. really.
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John Neff 1:53PM (10/05/2007)
Alex made me add it :) Have to cover all the bases.
ryan 2:40PM (10/05/2007)
oh no, i completely understand... sort of.
any particular reason why alex "made" you add it? hmm? or don't we delve into personal lives here on autoblog? ;)
Alex Nunez 10:27PM (10/05/2007)
If Autoblog can get to #1 for "peacock sex" on Google: funniest thing in...days, at least. Plus, it's relevant to the story, of course...
SPG 1:26PM (10/05/2007)
I wish a gay peacock would molest my car.
I really want a new paintjob.
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jo 1:28PM (10/05/2007)
lmao....
Larry 2:16PM (10/05/2007)
Then move to Coconut Grove, Florida, we have flocks of them roaming the streets in some areas!
compy386 1:28PM (10/05/2007)
How on earth would they know that the reason the Peacock attacked the car was for sexual reasons. I call BS on this story.
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machwon 1:39PM (10/05/2007)
Yea if anything it was probably trying to fight, seeing the Lexus as another male in its territory.
500 4:25PM (10/05/2007)
My thoughts exactly when I read the story. But I guess a story about an angry peacock defending his territory is far less interesting.
In related news, the AFA is now boycotting NBC, the peacock network.
John R 1:36PM (10/05/2007)
Egads. This reminds me of the car/dragon porn article on Jalopnik.
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ironpony42 1:40PM (10/05/2007)
Reality certainly can be stranger than fiction, and this is so off the wall I'm leaning on true, but at the end of the day, one never knows what's in the mind of a peacock.
Or what was in the back seat of that lexus???
20lbs of Peacock Chow?
72 peacock virgins?
Or prehaps the bird is just showing what he thinks of the guys taste in autos.
beyond me...
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Mike 1:59PM (10/05/2007)
Best...story...EVAAAAR!
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josh 2:04PM (10/05/2007)
I imagine Lexus could somehow use this in an ad campaign
"The new IS : a car so beautiful, it's likely to elicit sexual urges from others (with wings)"
lol
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jamey 2:03PM (10/05/2007)
And now we all know where those little Scions come from.
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John R 2:34PM (10/05/2007)
lol, nice one
Sean Flanagan 2:07PM (10/05/2007)
I'd like to coin a new word, and add it to the tags list: gavian. "Gay" + "avian" = "gavian".
gavian adj. A member of the bird family with a homosexual orientation.
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ryan 2:42PM (10/05/2007)
consider that seconded!
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fnc 2:53PM (10/05/2007)
I second the notion that it pretty obviously thought it was engaged in combat over territorial rights, but the 'gavian' angle is funnier to contemplate I guess.
Moral of the story, don't park your peacock blue Lexus near randy male peacocks. And by extension, don't park your brown or tan anything near male bighorn sheep in the rut.
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