Meet the peacock that goes berserk after spotting bright blue cars

A jealous peacock caused 4,000-pound worth of damage to a blue Lexus, after mistaking it for a love rival.

London, Oct 5 : A jealous peacock caused 4,000-pound worth of damage to a blue Lexus, after mistaking it for a love rival.

The bird, named Ron, has begun attacking any bright blue cars which drive into the grounds of his stately home in Bridgwater, in the south-western county of Somerset.

Thinking that the car was another male peacock, Ron pecked and scratched the vehicle after furiously ruffling his feathers and fanning his tail for hours.

Sir Benjamin Slade, the aristocratic owner of the country mansion, has since been forced to put up warning signs in the car park alerting drivers of peacock blue cars of the danger.

"He doesn't seem to be bothered by other birds, but the peacock-blue cars just drive him wild. He suddenly becomes aggressive and can't control himself," the Daily Mail quoted Slade, as saying.

Ron lives with 12 other peacocks on the baronet's 13th century Maunsel House estate in Somerset.

According to Ornithologist Quenton Spratt, at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the peacock's mad behaviour could be related to his perception of the bright blue cars.

"I've come across this in the past. I suspect the peacock thinks the car is a bird. They are very territorial and will try to fight the car off by pecking it, as they would with another bird," Spratt said.

"Blue cars probably compound it, as they associate bright colours with a male," he added.

Sir Benjamin, however, has another theory, and believes that his peacock is a gay, and thus wants to mate with the bright cars.

ANI