A rooster’s crow is as loud as a jet taking off 15 meters away. Here’s why it doesn’t go deaf
Roosters have evolved soft tissue over the inner ear that protects them from their own clamor.
Tag: chicken
Medieval Christian monks may have sped up the evolution of the modern chicken
We may have to thank Christian monks for today's chicken.
DNA tests reveal that Subway’s chicken only has 50% chicken
An investigative Canadian TV program revealed that the chicken from Subway sandwiches only contain about 50% chicken.
Why undercooked chicken meat can cause paralysis
Don't go overboard with tonight's dinner, though.
Need to ward off pesky mosquitoes? Sleep with a chicken over your head
Believe it or not, there's actual scientific proof backing this advice.
US egg farmers to stop grinding male chicks alive by 2020
It's something that should have happened a long time ago.
Weird state of matter found in chicken’s eye
You may not find many interesting things to see when glaring into a chicken's eye, but after closely studying its ...
The chicken came before the egg – hen lays ‘eggless’ chick in Sri Lanka farm
The age-old question of who came first - the chicken or the egg - has been pondered countless times, and ...
Headless chicken solution envisions Matrix-style farming
Each year, billions of chickens are raised all over the world with the sole purpose of providing meat at the ...
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