Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why? Jesus, I don't know... do you think they're even smart enough to have a fucking reason?
LET'S ASK THE EXPERTS!
The mental abilities of animals—particularly birds—have traditionally been underestimated. However, as we take the time to study what birds are really like, their intelligence and complex lives become very obvious.
Here’s what the experts say about chickens:
Dr. Lesley Rogers, Professor of Zoology at University of New England, Australia
“It is now clear that birds have cognitive capacities equivalent to those of mammals, even primates.”
Rogers LJ, The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken (Wallingford, Oxon, U.K.: CABI Publishing, 1995, p. 217).
Dr. Joy Mench, Professor of Animal Science at University of California at Davis
“Dr. Joy Mench, Professor and Director of the Center for Animal Welfare at the Univ. of Calif. at Davis explains, ‘Chickens show sophisticated social behavior….That’s what a pecking order is all about. They can recognize more than a hundred other chickens and remember them. They have more than thirty types of vocalizations.’”
Specter M, “The Extremist,” The New Yorker, April 14, 2003, p. 64.
Why? Jesus, I don't know... do you think they're even smart enough to have a fucking reason?
LET'S ASK THE EXPERTS!
The mental abilities of animals—particularly birds—have traditionally been underestimated. However, as we take the time to study what birds are really like, their intelligence and complex lives become very obvious.
Here’s what the experts say about chickens:
Dr. Lesley Rogers, Professor of Zoology at University of New England, Australia
“It is now clear that birds have cognitive capacities equivalent to those of mammals, even primates.”
Rogers LJ, The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken (Wallingford, Oxon, U.K.: CABI Publishing, 1995, p. 217).
Dr. Joy Mench, Professor of Animal Science at University of California at Davis
“Dr. Joy Mench, Professor and Director of the Center for Animal Welfare at the Univ. of Calif. at Davis explains, ‘Chickens show sophisticated social behavior….That’s what a pecking order is all about. They can recognize more than a hundred other chickens and remember them. They have more than thirty types of vocalizations.’”
Specter M, “The Extremist,” The New Yorker, April 14, 2003, p. 64.