Peacock? More like pewcock!

https://www.earth.com/news/peacock-feathers-can-emit-laser-beams-animal-kingdom-first/

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  • 50 points nmathew

    They soak the feathers in a laser dye, pump it with a doubled YAG laser, and saw some narrow emission peaks implying a cavity somewhere in the feather structure.

    Interesting, but that's one bizarre grant request I'd like to read.

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  • 31 points Afraid-Ad7379

    Oh great. So now the flock of peacocks in my backyard are gonna shoot lasers. That’s just fantastic. This feels very Dr. Evil.

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    11 points kelley38

    I have one simple request. And that is to have peacocks with frickin' laser beams attached to their butts!

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    6 points Afraid-Ad7379

    Throw me a frickin bone here

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    1 points Nuts-And-Volts

    We have Sea Bass sir.

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    1 points Darth_By_SnuSnu

    It's their yard, you are in their frontcoop DO NOT RESIST YOUR NEW OVERLORDS

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    2 points Afraid-Ad7379

    Damn you !!!!!

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  • 7 points DocumentExternal6240

    „The team wetted and dried the feathers several times with rhodamine 6G, then pumped them with 532 nanometer light to trigger the effect.

    The green parts of the eyespot produced the strongest signal, while the same two laser lines also showed up in yellow and brown zones.“

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  • 6 points s73v3m4nn

    Quick, someone tell MTG

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    7 points _BreadMakesYouFat

    Laser peacocks in Magic The Gathering would be neat

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    2 points Darth_By_SnuSnu

    They sound kinda Yu-Gi-Oh crazy if not Pokémon-esque with a random add-on or two

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  • 3 points keladelph

    Bring on the mating call lazer shows

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    2 points Darth_By_SnuSnu

    I believe they call them ritual displays

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    3 points SaveUsCatman

    Someone teach them to play Pink Floyd and we're in business

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  • 3 points DrunkenNinja27

    Gonna have to whip out my mirror shield, and by mirror shield I mean my medicine cabinet mirror taped to my arm.

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  • 3 points jme2712

    So what about sharks?

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    0 points Darth_By_SnuSnu

    You want peacock feathers that can emit sharks? I smell a sharknado reboot in the making!

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    3 points jme2712

    Sharks that shoot lasers

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    0 points Darth_By_SnuSnu

    What about

    Sharks that shoot peacocks that shoot lasers?

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  • 2 points SkylerSpark

    This is sensationalist science... Again...

    They dont emit lasers... They LASE... Almost anything can lase if hit in the right way with energy. IE: Pulsing a laser crystal with extremely powerful light.

    Its the same basic concept...

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  • 1 points Datruyugo

    I look over and I see uncle peacock shooting laser beams out of his eyes!

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