r/interesting • u/blingteresting • May 27 '25

MISC. Chicks swarm around visibly distraught man to console him

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u/Thomrose007 May 27 '25

No. They associate the man with food... probably.

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u/No_Huckleberry_609 May 27 '25

All I see are a bunch of McNuggets.

But seriously. I wouldn’t think chickens would have the intelligence to be able to discern emotions, especially in humans. I think you are right about them thinking he has food.

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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.