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When hens feel nothing under foot, their "fly instinct" may be activated. So, when in a pan of shallow water, the hen is not alarmed. A pan of water however,
is quite opposite from being cast into a pond where there is no solid surface for the foot to sense. This condition elicits a rudimentary "panic" response. Since
a hens wings function father poorly when flapping against water surface, an inability to alleviate the threat ensues. Despite the futility, and with no alternative,
the response persists causing the bird to experience what I suspect is something akin to what we call "horror",
The birds "understand" only two states of matter: solid, and gas. The liquid "surface" can cause a conundrum, which is one reason these terrestrial birds
are sometimes discovered to be inexplicably drowned in curiously enigmatic and perplexing aquatic situations.
Simply speaking, the act of casting them into a pond, amounts to an equivalent of torture, despite the apparent amusement of some emotionally malformed
YouTube posters who revel in sadistic forms of "amusement" .
It is of course apparent that situations do exist where the birds feet are not touching a solid surface, while not in flight, yet do not suffer
horror. In fact they might have been conditioned to feel quite the opposite of horror when held in your arms. ...Understandable I think.
is quite opposite from being cast into a pond where there is no solid surface for the foot to sense. This condition elicits a rudimentary "panic" response. Since
a hens wings function father poorly when flapping against water surface, an inability to alleviate the threat ensues. Despite the futility, and with no alternative,
the response persists causing the bird to experience what I suspect is something akin to what we call "horror",
The birds "understand" only two states of matter: solid, and gas. The liquid "surface" can cause a conundrum, which is one reason these terrestrial birds
are sometimes discovered to be inexplicably drowned in curiously enigmatic and perplexing aquatic situations.
Simply speaking, the act of casting them into a pond, amounts to an equivalent of torture, despite the apparent amusement of some emotionally malformed
YouTube posters who revel in sadistic forms of "amusement" .
It is of course apparent that situations do exist where the birds feet are not touching a solid surface, while not in flight, yet do not suffer
horror. In fact they might have been conditioned to feel quite the opposite of horror when held in your arms. ...Understandable I think.
