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AFAICT, chickens also eat any rodents stupid enough to go near them. If chickens were our size they'd be terrifying.
by microcolonel 7y ago
AFAICT, chickens also eat any rodents stupid enough to go near them. If chickens were our size they'd be terrifying.
- omosubi 7y agoThat's basically what an ostrich is. They're chickens that can kill you.
- harimau777 7y agoNow that I think of it, I suppose that makes sense considering the whole "birds are dinosaurs" thing.
- ryan_j_naughton 7y agoIf only the 9ft tall terror birds [1] from South America hadn't gone extinct 1.8 million years ago, we would never have thought Dinosaurs went extinct in the first place (or said differently, the fast that birds are dinosaurs would have been obvious from the start). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae
- mirimir 7y agoIf they were our size, they'd be velociraptors.
- ineedasername 7y agoIf rotisserie velociraptor is as good as chicken, I think I could endorse the risks involved with a revival of the species.
- Nasrudith 7y agoCarnivore meats aren't generally considered as good or trophically advisable given bioaccumulation. Fish are one area we tend to ignore that perhaps because of how obfuscated the ecosystem has been historically - we didn't see what they ate.
- sohkamyung 7y agoI think you mean Utahraptor [1]. Velociraptors are about chicken sized [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
- mirimir 7y agoFair enough. Present day, I'd say mainly watch out for eagles. At least, if you're a child. Ostriches too, but they won't hunt you.
- bbarnett 7y agoI don't believe they actually hunt them, but in reality are protecting their eggs. Mice/rats/etc LOVE eggs. Chickens (and all birds) know this. As ground layers, they're surely protective of their eggs from mice.
- slfnflctd 7y agoThere was a book that became a TV movie called the Hoboken Chicken Emergency on this subject. I think it started out terrifying, but since it was made for kids didn't stay that way. Probably not a very accurate depiction.