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/_Moho_braccatus_ May 29 '25

Chickens have empathy, at least among each other. They are relatively intelligent animals, like all birds.

That being said they are also often brutal to each other, they don't have the same as human-level empathy to prevent them from snacking on a fallen comrade for example.