Evolution Live: Sexual selection - why peacocks have big tails

Welcome to the fifth episode of Evolution Live! This week, we’ll be talking about sexual selection and why peacocks have big, colourful tails. Evolution Live is a free livestreaming course teaching you about the marvel that is evolution from the very basics all the way up to university level, every Thursday at 4pm (UTC 1). The course is provided for free, but please consider supporting the course: Patreon (monthly): PayPal (one-off): YouTube livestreams do have a donate feature in some countries (superchat), but you should know that YouTube takes a 30% of those donations. I’m Dr Sally Le Page, a full time science YouTuber. I have a doctorate in evolutionary biology from the University of Oxford, specialising in evolution and fruit fly behaviour. Whilst I have given tutorials to undergraduate students, I do not have a qualification in secondary school teaching. Me: Website: Tw