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Undercover
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Jealous peacock attacks blue cars - after mistaking them for love rivals
Last updated at 21:34pm on 4th October 2007


Like any male defending his patch, Ron does his best to banish potential love rivals.

Unfortunately, this fellow's a little confused about who his competitors are.

Ron, a peacock , has begun attacking any bright blue cars which drive into his territory at a stately home.

In his latest assault, on a blue Lexus, he scratched and dented every panel - causing £4,000 worth of damage.

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His next victim? Ron the peacock eyes up a bright blue car at his home, Maunsel House in North Newton, Somerset

Ron's owner, Sir Benjamin Slade, said: "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."

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

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The damage left on the Lexus by the peacock's ferocious attack

The owner of the Lexus used to work at the estate but has now left. Luckily, her insurance company agreed to pay for the damage.

Sir Benjamin said: "Ron literally pecked and scratched the Lexus all over. Fortunately, the owner wasn't in it at the time."

Ornithologist Quenton Spratt, at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said it was likely the peacock saw blue cars as a threat.

He said: "I've come across this in the past. I suspect the peacock thinks the car is a bird.

Sir benjamin slade

Larger than life aristocrat Sir Benjamin Slade has warned visitors not to drive blue cars when coming to the estate

"They are very territorial and will try to fight the car off by pecking it, as they would with another bird.

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

He added: "Peacocks have very sharp spurs and can do some real damage."

Sir Benjamin, however, has another theory. He believes that Ron is gay and wants to mate with the bright cars.

Now the eccentric millionaire has posted warning signs all over the estate's 100-acre parkland.

Sir Benjamin bought Maunsel House in the 1980s when it was a dilapidated county pile.

He famously spent 18 months testing the DNA of Slades around the world to find a relative to inherit his £7.5million home.

Of the 15,000 applicants, the most likely to inherit is Isaac Slade, 24-year-old lead singer of American band The Fray.
 
Djehuti
Member # 6698
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Sir Benjamin, however, has another theory. He believes that Ron is gay and wants to mate with the bright cars.

And his conclusion is based on what?... His own tendencies?! LOL

The guy is after all a European 'eccentric millionaire'. [Big Grin]
 



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