Chicken!

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  1. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    A chicken is scared.

    They are born yellow.

    They cannot fly: they must be afraid of heights.

    During death it is hunted.

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  3. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    A Duckaphant is terrified

    It is dropped from 2 metres when born and are yellow and grey

    They can't swim they must be terrified of water

    During death it is dying

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  5. wellwisher Banned Banned

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    Chickens and animals live in the present and respond only if there is stimulus. Unlike humans, they don't dwell on their fears, but are prepared to instinctively act if a reality situation was to appear.

    Humans have two centers of consciousness, instead of one. They have the instinctive center like the chicken, which reacts based on need. But we also have an ego center, which can make choices apart from instinct. One such choice is to live in the imaginary and hypothetical world, where we can react like it is happening in real time or about to happen in real time, even if it is not.
     
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  7. sculptor Valued Senior Member

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    .............
    Ode to a mouse: http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/toamouse.htm
    ...
    But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane,
    In proving foresight may be vain:
    The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
    Gang aft agley,
    An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
    For promis'd joy!

    Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!
    The present only toucheth thee:
    But Och! I backward cast my e'e,
    On prospects drear!
    An' forward, tho' I canna see,
    I guess an' fear!
     
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  8. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    Apologies, the last sentence within the opening post is confusing.

    Chickens are scared during life because they are going to die.
     
  9. gmilam Valued Senior Member

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    So are most humans that I have met.
     
  10. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    ...yes but this does not negate the fear chickens possess...
     
  11. origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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    They have no idea they are going to die, they do not even know they are alive.
     
  12. DrKrettin Registered Senior Member

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    I agree that it's difficult to see how they can have the idea that they will die, but I can't agree with the second statement because I don't know what it means. As I type, I can see our two chickens having a glorious mudbath. They quite obviously enjoy it, and they enjoy the treats they are spoilt with. One of them gets distressed when the other disappears to lay an egg.

    I spend some time watching the lizards in our garden, and they exhibit some fascinating behaviour. A male will challenge a male, and if there is the tiniest size difference, the smaller will retreat. How could that happen if a lizard were not aware of his size and the size of his opponent? They love scrambled egg, and they lick their lips afterwards. They have the concept of taste. Something must be going on in the brain to register that. Does that constitute "being alive"? (I'm asking)
     
  13. Dywyddyr Penguinaciously duckalicious. Valued Senior Member

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    No.
    Chickens are not afraid of death AT ALL.
    They are, however, ashamed that their death may be seen as futile or ignominious.
    A chicken's ideal death would be to go down fighting against overwhelming odds, such as 1 (blindfolded) chicken vs. a single Tyrannosaurus Rex - no, make that THREE of them, or a half-trained platoon of chickens taking on a galactic empire.

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  14. origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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    We know we are alive - we understand that there is life, death and non-life. A chicken cannot have those abstract thoughts. That is all I meant.
     
  15. exchemist Valued Senior Member

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    I remember a trip to a botanic garden in La Reunion, where there happened to be a cock with 3 hens, lying together in the sunshine. They looked very comfortable and it was interesting how the hens snuggled up to the cock, who looked as pleased as Punch and smoothed their feathers with his beak. I am quite sure these creatures were exhibiting a primitive form of affection for one another.
     
  16. DrKrettin Registered Senior Member

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    The only thing I can challenge here is the plural of tyrannosaurus rex. 1) tyrannosauri rex 2) tyrannosaurus reges 3) tyrannosauri reges. Man, this is a tough one. And do they have capital letters?
     

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