Rajasthan Judge says peacock is 'celibate', Twitter explodes with laughter

Justice Sharma said that peahen gets pregnant by swallowing peacock's tears

A Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, yesterday suggested that the cow should be declared the national animal and its killers be sentenced to life imprisonment. Presenting his unique theory on mating of national bird peacocks, Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma said that they are brahmachari (celibate) and don't have sex.
 

"Peacock was made the national bird of India because it is Brahmachari. Cow is pious like peacock. Peahen doesn't need to have sex to get pregnant. It just swallows tears of the peacock," he said.
 

In reference to his verdict, he further said, "Peacock too has