^Just the opposite. You are pursuing seduction when it harms survival.
I'm waiting for peafowls to go extinct. You deserve it.
maybe when the tails started (when there were lots of peafowl) to get passed down that was the reason. but they are now seen as a good way to judge how well a male can survive in the world. Thereby passing down the genes we need. and it's not like we can just get rid of the tales. that's not how genetics work.