Peacock males have evolved to have huge, beautiful tails with numerous large eye spots. Long, colorful tails

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Peacock males have evolved to have huge, beautiful tails with numerous large eye spots. Long, colorful tails are difficult to carry when you are running from a predator. However, peahens (female peacocks) have been shown by researchers to mate preferably with males with more eye spots and longer tails, despite these traits making the males more susceptible to predation. Over time, this preference has resulted in peacocks with huge tails due to
(A) sexual selection
(B) disrupted selection
(C) divergent evolution
(D) sympatric speciation

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