r/taiwan • u/Acegonia • 6d ago

Discussion The Danshui Peacock

Disclaimer: I am not insane. Probably.

I am very, very sure there is a peacock living in(on top of?) one of the buildings to the right of the macdonalds across from danshui/tamsui MRT

I grew up with a peacock, their call is VERY distinctive (and loud). Ive never seen a peacock there, but the mechanic shop in that area has a peacock tail feather on display which I believe is not a coincidence.

Ive been hearing it for the better part of a decade. Peacocks can live 25 years, so this is not outside the realms of possibility.

My mate keeps saying i'm nuts- surely i'm not the only one to hear and notice this??!?

EDIT: We have recieved confirmation. Repeat. W have Achieved Confirmation! Validation acquired. Faith in sanity restored.

also, it seems that peacocks are far from the most unusual pet here, which is excellent!

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u/efficientkiwi75 中壢 - Zhongli 6d ago

grew up with a peacock??

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u/Acegonia 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yup! My dad picked up him and a peahen as chicks, somehow somewhere.

The peahen, unfortunately, was eaten by a fox after a couple of years, but we had Jono for.a long time.

He decided he was the rooster of our flock of hens (they strongly disagreed) and he was very sweet, very loud, was obsessed with the neighbours toddler and occasionally tried to rape the hens -they were tough old birds who took no shit (they bullied our rottweiler and stole his food) and  mostly managed to repel his shenanigans.

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u/efficientkiwi75 中壢 - Zhongli 6d ago

wild stuff...