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"Most people think of fish as somehow lesser than pigs, cows, chickens and other land animals." Most people don't realize how incredibly stupid cows and chicke
by jobu 12y ago
"Most people think of fish as somehow lesser than pigs, cows, chickens and other land animals."
Most people don't realize how incredibly stupid cows and chickens are. There's a reason they don't exist in the wild - they would never survive. Our neighbors raised turkeys and had a special pen with rounded corners because young turkeys will get stuck in normal corners and starve to death.
- derrekl 12y agoI think animals raised in captivity lose a bit of their intelligence because they don't have to do anything to survive. If you go to Kauai you'll see wild chickens running all around, and while not brilliant, the ones that made it this far along seem pretty smart. Chickens survive fine in the wild so long as there's no snakes to eat the eggs they lay.
- wiredfool 12y agoAlso: rats, raccoons, coyotes, raptors of all types, feral or domesticated dogs, feral or domesticated cats, and the occasional car. Chickens do just fine if there are no effective predators.
- seanflyon 12y agoI've seen quite a few wild turkeys. And they almost certainly are the offspring of domesticated turkeys. I am not saying that they are particularly smart, but they are able to survive on their own.
- judk 12y agoMost people don't realize how incredibly stupid humans are. They couod never survive in the wild. We have to put up fences so young humans don't fling themselves down staircases and break their spines. What are you trying to say?