Chickens have a great ability to keep their heads stable. Our bodies use a gyro-like mechanism in our ears which has 3 mutually orthogonal inertial measurement devices.
These devices provide movement data which can be used to compensate for the movement. Chickens apparently have the same type mechanism only with a higher update rate.
(via b3ta)
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"Look how solid his head is." Hello? Chickens are not male. Roosters are.
No child left behind, huh?
Does it really matter? Smart-arse
Yeah, there's a difference between being informative and being rudely pedantic. Especially when correcting someone who's already correct.
If I ant to be informative, I'll correct you, quoting the definition of rooster: A rooster (also called a cock or chanticleer) is a male chicken (Gallus gallus), the female being called a hen.
If I want to be like you, I'll add, "Tana, look who just got left looking like the bigger behind?"
This actually illustrates some important concepts in neuroscience and motor control:
http://gribblelab.org/2008/11/30/servo-chicken/
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