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The ‘how’ was never explained right? Edit: the title used to say “How ‘Bin chickens’ learned…”
by hapidjus 4y ago
The ‘how’ was never explained right?
Edit: the title used to say “How ‘Bin chickens’ learned…”
- Nursie 4y agoStress the toad so it expresses venom, wash in water or wipe on grass, repeat a few times to exhaust the venom sacks, then swallow whole. Unlike the method that crows and eagles are known to use - flip over and eat from the underside.
- dvh 4y agoGrandma used to have a mixed breed dog that could catch wasp mid air, quickly spit it out, then very carefully kept biting it (maybe 50 times, very quickly and carefully) to disable the stinger, and then he would just eat the wasp.
- dtgriscom 4y agoA friend used to have a dog that ate bees. She would just snatch them out of the air, chew and swallow. Sometimes she'd rub her snout and fuss a bit, but then she'd go right back to eating them. RIP Cordelia (or "Cordoglia").
- 11235813213455 4y agohow they learnt? evolution, natural selection. I guess like crows who are very clever as well, they observe, try, memorize, ..
- xwdv 4y agoThis kind of knowledge doesn’t spread genetically, so I imagine there must be some mechanism by which the technique is taught within the species so that the knowledge of bin chickens gets handed down from generation to generation.
- 11235813213455 4y agogood point, maybe they learn with their parents
- dang 4y agoWe've re-unhow'd the title above. Thanks!