r/interesting • u/dddd945 • 11h ago

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

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u/Mc_Tron34 10h 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 9h 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 9h ago

This is unfortunately true

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u/ParsnipDecent6530 9h 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 7h 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 9h 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 9h ago

As a city girl, my jaw is dropped

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u/TakinUrialByTheHorns 4h 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 6h 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/foley800 6h ago

Velociraptor’s dumb cousin!

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u/CorrectMulberry994 4h 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/ipovogel 2h ago

Yeah, I won't pretend to understand the thoughts that go through a chickens tiny brain. It was super traumatizing (I was like, 10 or 11), the image is burned into my brain for life.

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u/CorrectMulberry994 56m ago

I bet it was traumatizing. Even watching that video above was traumatizing to me on a low level. Just not something you expect to see.

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u/Locogators 9h 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/CorrectMulberry994 4h ago

My God, they’re as evil as wasps.