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Re: BAAD BCF

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: BAAD BCF
From: ornstn@inforamp.net (Ronald Orenstein)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 23:19:37 -0500
Reply-to: ornstn@inforamp.net
Sender: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu

>     What are chickens trying to do when they flap thier wings when you 
>chase them?  Are they remembering thier flying roots and trying to fly 
>(and uninterntionally producing drag by extending thier wings), or are they 
>trying to boost running speed?
>
>LN Jeff  
>

Well, chickens are not famous for high intelligence, but I suspect the
former.  The wild junglefowl are good fliers as are some domestic chickens
(as a child I lived in Jamaica for a time and well remember the local
bare-headed chickens roosting in trees for the night).
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