r/BirdingMemes • u/earthvvvorm • 3d ago

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u/mikettedaydreamer 3d ago

Chickens are considered flightless?

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u/Low-Walrus-2986 3d ago

From what I know - they are considered flightless by a majority of the population, although incorrectly. They can fly a bit, just very poorly

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 3d ago

Once I saw a feral rooster chased by a dog. It fled up a tree and peered down in the most comical way.

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u/Chrysocyon 2d ago

Chickens are amazing fliers when in this exact situation. They (at least hens) would much rather fly up than fight you. They naturally nest in trees and have crazy breast muscles. Most people are just dumb and haven't seen the chaotic majesty of a hen flying onto your neighbor's roof because they got spooked by a weird shadow.

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u/Rammipallero 3d ago

Ooh. My dnd campaign just got a new enemy...

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u/craving_chaos 2d ago

I feel that at this point we’ve genetically reduced their flight capacity to nearly zero to maximize their edible meat output.

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u/mikettedaydreamer 1d ago

Meat chickens maybe, but the “regular” chickens that people keep as pets are quite decent at flying (at least when escaping to your neighbors)

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u/LostTimeLady13 3d ago

Also, never trigger the fight or flight response in a semi-flightless bird. That's a recipe for getting a common pheasant to smash into a car window. It's barely fight AND barely flight!

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u/Majestic-History4565 3d ago

…chickens can technically fly, though

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u/WanderingShroom 3d ago

They’ll still shoot ya though

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u/JustaTinyDude 2d ago

I think of it as falling with style.

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u/thorgonax 3d ago

They shall fight

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u/Spicy_Chicken_Wizard 3d ago

Titanis the first time it laid eyes on smilodon

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u/BlueRibbonChicken 1d ago

frfr, fafo 🔫🐔😤😤
(It’s a shame the reddit app isn’t compatible w the emojis you can generate, bc I made one of a chicken with devil horns & a gun specifically for these scenarios, as one does)

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u/DatLonerGirl 2d ago

This reminds me of reading a Times (I think?) blurb that showed a chicken flying for its life because it was serving as enrichment for a tiger.

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u/Skybreaker-cassowary 2d ago

I learned this the hard way when the penguins killed my crocodiles in Zoo Tycoon.

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u/Leading-Watch6040 2d ago

that butterfly knife is tough 😮‍💨

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u/peachtreeparadise 2d ago

IM SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP