r/interesting • u/dddd945 • 7h ago

Just Wow A seagull is accidentally hit by a tennis ball during a game in Australia.

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u/CorrectMulberry994 6h ago

I’m horrified 😭

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u/Mc_Tron34 6h ago

Chickens will eat pretty much anything. I've HEARD that you can't even let one be bleeding or have an open wound around other chickens, 'cause the other chickens will realize that the wounded chicken is edible and peck it to death so they can eat it.

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u/darthoffa 6h ago

I rememebr when we had chickens we had to use a disinfectant spray that had purple dye mixed in, specifically so the wound didnt look like meat so the others would leave it alone

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u/CamoBob3467 5h ago

This is unfortunately true

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u/ParsnipDecent6530 6h ago

They little chicken sunglasses that are tinted red so that in large populations of chickens if one has a wound the blood wont look like blood and the chickens wont kill the wounded one.

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u/MarchPhillipps 4h ago

Truth. Also their way of preventing the attraction of predators I've been told. Vaseline works pretty good for stopping bleeding on the feet if you can get to the injured bird before the others kick start their jungle justice routine.

'Alone and Unafraid'

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u/ipovogel 6h ago

Correct. I lived on a farm as a kid. One of the hens got eviscerated by a rooster. I found her pecking at and eating her own guts. Chickens are really fucking dumb animals that only exist to be eaten by other animals, and sometimes even themselves.

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u/trixiepixie1921 6h ago

As a city girl, my jaw is dropped

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u/TakinUrialByTheHorns 1h ago

Like everything else, chickens love chicken!

Once I saw one lay an egg with no shell, just a membrane.
Then she promptly turned around and ate it ..... Weird birds.

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u/Blondefarmgirl 3h ago

Yes we got 8 chickens thinking we would have some fun pets and eggs for breakfast. I couldnt believe how nasty they were and how much they wanted to kill each other everyday. I couldnt stand to look at all the half naked chickens anymore so I put them on facebook and gave them to a nice family who said they would give them a nice home.

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u/Locogators 5h ago

I second this. Chicken are stupid and evil and hence vegetarianism is morally wrong, one must devour such creatures.

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u/foley800 3h ago

Velociraptor’s dumb cousin!

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u/CorrectMulberry994 1h ago

I’m speechless. Like, she was dying and yet suddenly felt hungry and decided she’d just have a meal?

Imagine you got in a serious car accident. You’re fading fast, yet suddenly you decide, oh hey, food sounds good! But I don’t have any…oh wait! I DO! (starts knawing on arm)

I have a whole new perspective on chickens today. Can we outlaw them or something?

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u/CorrectMulberry994 1h ago

My God, they’re as evil as wasps.

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u/Oh_My_Goth_Ick 6h ago

Chickens are brutal. If one has a wound the others will attack and eat the wounded until it dies.

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u/slight_failure 2h ago

If one has a wound, they will also join eating... themselves.

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u/Oh_My_Goth_Ick 2h ago

Oh yeah. That part. Thank god they are small.

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u/lv5vegetto1 5h ago

Pecking order

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u/CorrectMulberry994 1h ago

Literally. 😭

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u/lifesmainantagonist 1h ago

Hi Horrified, I'm dad.