The saying goes; ‘proud as a peacock’. But isn’t it also a bit: ‘as vain as a peacock’? Or neither? The male has to try hard for the ladies. Showing that he can survive, with all those beautiful but useless feathers that are of course seriously in the way. Oh well, the female peacock eye wants something too. So he is not vain, he has to impress to have a chance in love. The ladies of the peacock look a lot duller, but then again, they lay the eggs. Beautiful he is! But like his feathers. I gave him the wall he deserved. In Otrabanda he was hanging a bit out of sight on a bare wall. He deserves better.