AnimalsCroatia
Peacock Fun facts for kids
Pavo cristatus
The peacock lives in forests and villages in India and eats seeds, berries and insects.
- Where it lives
- in forests and villages in India
- What it eats
- seeds, berries and insects
- How big it is
- open tail as wide as a small car
Fun facts about the peacock
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Its feather colours come from tiny shapes that bend light, not paint, so a crushed feather turns dull brown.
The peacock's huge fan isn't really his tail; it's about 200 long feathers held up by his short real tail.
Every year the peacock drops his whole fancy fan and grows a brand new one, often even longer.
In Croatia, peacocks walk freely on the island of Lokrum near Dubrovnik and surprise visitors with loud calls.
Its loud wailing call can be heard far away and often warns other animals, even tigers, that danger is near.
Even though it's heavy, a peacock flaps straight up into a tall tree every night to sleep.
When showing off, a peacock shakes his fan to make a rustly hiss, and peahens may feel its deep, low hum.
His open fan can be almost as tall as a grown-up, but he folds it away to run really fast.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I'm a bird who scratches for seeds, berries and insects in the forests and villages of India.
I'm quite heavy, but every night I flap straight up into a tall tree to sleep.
My loud wailing call carries far and often warns other animals, even tigers, that danger is near.
My feather colours come from tiny shapes that bend light, so a crushed feather turns dull brown.
To show off, I spread my long blue and green feathers into a giant fan full of eyes.
Sammy might be thinking of a peacock.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the peacock in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
