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View all search resultsSemarang Zoo welcomes six baby peacocks
Proud display: A peacock raises its tail in front of a peahen at Semarang Zoo recently
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span class="caption">Proud display: A peacock raises its tail in front of a peahen at Semarang Zoo recently. The zoo welcomed six baby peafowl last week. JP/Suherdjoko
A peacock at Semarang Taman Margasatwa Zoo, Central Java, recently hatched six eggs, adding to the zoo's collection of peacocks, which now comprises 12 peacocks.
After emerging from their eggs, the newborn peacocks were placed in a big cage with their mother, another adult female peacock and four male peacocks. 'To help the newborns survive, we will separate and place them in a special cage after they are a week old,' the zoo's veterinarian, Hendrik Tri Setiawan, said earlier this week in Semarang.
He said special treatments would be given to the newly hatched peacocks, including providing them with vitamins and vaccines.
The mother, he said, would be separated from her newborns and placed in a bigger cage with other adult peacocks to prevent her from experiencing stress.
Hendrik also said that out of four hatched eggs last year, only one
survived.
'The other three died from the ND [Newcastle Disease] virus,' he said.
The zoo's peacock collection has become a favorite among visitors. Visitors who do not have the patience to wait for the peacocks to raise their tails can visit preserved peacocks in the zoo's diorama room.
'I like taking pictures with peacocks in the background,' said Arif and Dana, two zoo visitors.
Male peacocks are known for their beautiful tail feathers that form a big round shape when raised, symbolizing their authority over a particular territory.
The body of a male peacock can reach up to 210 centimeters while that of a female can only reach 120 cm.
Female peacocks reach productive age at 6-12 month old. A female peacock can deliver four to six eggs and needs 28 days to hatch the eggs.
'Peacocks' breeding season is June to August,' Hendrik said.
The natural habitats of the protected animal are forests in West Java and East Java.
Taman Margasatwa is home to 350 animals of 60 different species.
