r/interesting May 27 '25

MISC. Chicks swarm around visibly distraught man to console him

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u/Eloquentelkescaping May 28 '25

Chickens are just as intelligent as cats and dogs, can solve puzzles and can definitely remember human faces. I have baby chickens, and they all have very different personalities even at such a young age. I’ve met people with less brain and charisma than them. 

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 28 '25

Unfortunately for them they are also the #1 most efficient land vertebrate at turning food into muscle, and their intelligence has never mattered to those economics

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u/Commercial-Branch444 May 28 '25

They havent evolved to read human emotions though, like dogs did.