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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 51 points 4 months ago

Yo, I have chickens. The idea of a chicken the size of a pony is terrifying enough. One the size of a t-rex is nightmare inducing.

I love ours, they're pets that get spolied and coddled. But they are vicious. Our rooster caught a little bluebird, stomped it and ate its head. Took all of thiry seconds. Our hen goes after bugs and just beats them until they're tender and juicy before swallowing.

They would 100% eat us given a chance. Like, at the size they are now, you would not want to fall into a coma long enough for them to get hungry.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

My father once made the mistake of letting himself be surroudee by chicken while having a flesh wound.

A coma is completely unecessary.

[-] cloudless@lemmy.cafe 19 points 4 months ago

I have seen chickens eating chickens.

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

It’s a pecking order for a reason.

[-] deania@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

When I was younger, I used to throw grasshoppers into pens full of baby chicks where they would tear the grasshoppers limb from limb. Also, rats used to live in the henhouse but they don't anymore because the hens killed all the rats.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Have you seen a cassowary foot? It's basically a modern day velociraptor.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

It might actually be scarier. Velociraptors were smaller than that.

Other raptors, though. Just a few days ago a new one was discovered in China. 5 metres long IIRC.

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