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Cake day: July 28th, 2024
  • You@feddit.orgtoSuperbowl@lemmy.world•Fierce Burrito
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    11 days ago

    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.

  • You@feddit.orgtoEurope@feddit.org•Spain floods: 51 dead after torrential rain in Valencia regionEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I don’t know about Spain but the weather forecasts and warnings in Germany have become kinda more sensationalist (or you could argue err on the side of caution for official warnings). And though we do have worse storms, people often experience that for their region it wasn’t as bad as predicted. That’s also why authorities avoid giving real orders. They don’t want to be blamed or held reliable when it doesn’t turn out to be ‘that bad’.

    And a lot of people still don’t realise (or remember) how fast the elements can turn dangerous. And while employees might be forced into work, don’t underestimate how ignorant people in general can be.

    That’s just my explanation.

    It’s still absolutely horrible and a huge tragedy. I hope that aid will be swift and that no more lifes will be lost.