Yeah...lol...our cats walked very wide of the peafowl! The male can also be very menacing when displaying his tail, not just visually, because they look as though they are scowling and because their tale, when fully spread can reach a vertical height well over 5 feet, but also because there are a second set of shorter, thicker feathers behind the "fan", which support it AND which he will rustle in an attempt at intimidation. This can be a very loud rustle, very startling the first time! If you can observe it from the back it brings to mind furiously fluttering fans of those femme fatales who, behind all of the flighty stuff, really are in control.:-)