Real baby peacocks "practice" their struts. They have brown feathers and are very small and drab but also cute and doing their best.

Notices where this attachment appears

1. myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 17:32:25 UTC myrmepropagandist

   On tumblr everyone was livid about this fake photo of a "baby peacock" -- it captured many of the things that worry people about AI art-- the tendency to fill in what people expect, not what is true. The stereotyping, and reversion to archetype. The lost nuance.

   But, because of this photo I got to learn that real baby male peacocks "practice" with little tufts of display feathers. Look at these lil boys!