Animal news: peacocks or, rather, their feathers

From Harper’s October 2025 Findings:

Peacock tail feathers can be treated to emit laser beams.

The one word that sits in my brain every second of every day: why? The second question about this item is, is it the whole peacock or just its feathers that have the potential to emit laser beams?

No, back to the only question: why?

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