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by jephson 1467 days ago
> Chicken have been seen as food for the majority of our existence on this planet

This may not be correct: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/06/chickens-wer...

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Seeing that colorful jungle fowl reminds me of a conversation I had with my friend about pigeons and doves.

We consider doves to be an "elegant" bird, all white, used in religious imagery and magicians' tricks, and so on, while we consider pigeons to be a "dirty" bird, mostly known for scavenging food in cities, even though they're basically the same type of bird. People chase them around for fun.

But if someone had only ever seen white doves and suddenly saw a much more colorful version of the bird that we call pigeons, they'd probably consider it to be the more fanciful, impressive-looking bird.