10 interesting facts about the cock

Symbol 2017 - Fiery Red Rooster. It poultry, which differs courage, cheerfulness and good temper. In bright rooster feathers, a good voice, special habits and peculiar character. However, not only mythical animal has unique skills, the usual cock is also not so simple as it seems at first glance.

10 interesting facts about the cock

1) How and why roosters crow

Rooster makes a lot of different sounds. For example, when he calls up to feed the chickens, the crow will be repeated, but the morning crowing made once, but longer and at higher frequencies. The higher the pitch, the volume and duration of the sound, the stronger the effect, which produces chickens and a rooster on the other cocks. The same cock crows always the same way. By the way, the cock can not crow if he can not pull the neck.

Man hears the cry of a rooster at a distance of two kilometers.

2) There are black as night roosters and chickens

Ayam Chemani - it is completely black breed hens and cocks from Indonesia. They have a dominant gene that causes hyperpigmentation. Their bones and internal organs is also completely black, even the blood of these birds are much darker.

3) can live without a head

Rooster named Mike (aka Wonder Mike) in 1945 lost his head. But then he lived another 18 months since he had left the base of the brain, and one ear. When the farmer saw that the bird was not dead, then I took care of her, feeding milk and grain through the pipette. Mike gained fame when the owner started to show it all over America, and the authenticity of documented. He died cock just because the owner forgot food and a syringe to clean the esophagus at the site of one of the shows.

Many have tried to repeat the experience, but no other chicken has not lived for more than two days.

4) Roosters and chickens are able to talk

The fact that the human ear can hear a clicking or clucking, actually is a real language. Scientists have identified at least 30 different sound values ??that they publish. Chickens can both report that "postpone egg," "there are many worms - flown!" up calls in the mating season.

5) Do males and females have feelings

Ornithologist UK Joe Edgar found in chickens ability to experience empathy (ie empathize with others). We also know that chickens are sad, if proved to be far from the group.

6) The Roosters attract hens

The highest chances of procreation are large and hardy cocks: females realize that they will be able to provide them with plenty of food. Also it has a value of size, shape and color of the scallop.

7) Chickens and roosters have a good level of intelligence

They are able to keep in memory the features of more than 100 chickens or people, so remember those who treat them badly or well. They have acute (telescopic) vision, characteristic birds of prey, and in the decision-making process take into account their experience and their knowledge of the environment. Also, these birds are able to distinguish between arithmetic account and some geometric shapes.

9) Roosters and chickens - modern dinosaurs

They are descendants of Tyrannosaurus rex - one of the largest predators in the world.

10) The number of chickens exceeds the number of people on the planet

Thus in a ratio of 3 to 1.