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Hens and roosters don’t fly
That isn’t completely true. The wild ancestors of our chickens needed flight as part of their survival strategy.
The different breeds of chicken that still exist today have varying degrees of ability. In general they aren’t good or persistent fliers. Of course humans are at fault. They kept and bred chicken for meat and egg production. That’s why chicken mostly kept or developed even bigger muscles but their wingspan didn’t keep up with their body weight. Smaller breeds with regular feathers can fly a short distance and reach a height of about 9 to 10 meters. That’s why my grandfather regularly clipped the wings of his chickens and still had a high fence surrounding the area he kept them in. The chickens were still able to fly up into the small bushes and trees.
Looks like he experienced a real Oh-Shit!-Moment.
Ok, I’ll see myself out…
I just found out that my app offers a restore function. The comments are back.
Federation issue on my part and a cute idea on your part. Sorry, I deleted the doubles - before your comments appeared in my inbox 😞
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
With the sequence of pics it almost looks like ballet performance.
That couch must be top quality. Guy made of stone doesn’t even make a dent.
Farewell Ixonia!
And the town of Ixonia really should add her on their Wikipedia page. Without her I wouldn’t know about it.
Sorry, I’m late. Dis it work later or via browser?
I’m offended. Why particularly at me?
The Sandwich part sent me on a little goose chase (pun intended)
There’s also the Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/sandwich-tern
and the nēnē, aka Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis)
https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=EDB18078B9A2C905
And Wikipedia helped with the rest:
The Sandwich Islands is Captain James Cook’s name for the Hawaiian Islands in 1778. He chose the name of his patron, the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
It’s a play on Washington Crossing the Delaware - painting by Emanuel Leutze:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River
Sometimes humans make me feel really violent.
Sneaking a look at those claws 👀
Hoping someowl didn’t hear you…
:( And here I hoped that changing the instance would help
It can also be found here: https://kekememes.de/picture/der-praktikant-sollte-eine-kiste-uhu-bestellen-xva1Xf4f8
Oh, that poor baby! At least this one has a happy end and serves as a reminder to regularly check what we dumb humans can cause out of ignorance.