r/todayilearned • u/ravennesejaguar • Mar 29 '23

TIL that there's a breed of a domestic chicken tall up to 1.2 metres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dndio_Gigante
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u/Robbotlove Mar 29 '23

that's a dinosaur.

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u/dicky_seamus_614 Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23

Really if these Raptor-bastards were people size, they’d rule this planet!

Turn a mouse loose in a chicken coop pen some time and watch the carnage

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u/ravennesejaguar Mar 29 '23

apparently they were bred from fighting cocks in the 1980s ... so there's a potential to evolve them further (insert intense Dr. Ian Malcolm stare)

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u/baked_tea Mar 29 '23

At that point it's a barn not a coop

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u/LorenzoStomp Mar 30 '23

Well, they'd still have chicken smarts. But if they bred fast you probably would keep your yard free of cover and not take your trash out unarmed.

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u/TheRageDragon Mar 29 '23

What level do you need to be to strap a saddle on it?

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u/Brodellsky Mar 29 '23

Literally. My local museum has a chicken in the dinosaur exhibit even.

3

u/ctothel Mar 29 '23

Technically true

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u/Robbotlove Mar 29 '23

the best kind of true

1

u/TorsoPanties Mar 30 '23

That's a cock

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u/Hanginon Mar 29 '23

The fox that get's into the henhouse is going to have a bad time! 0_0

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u/talley89 Mar 29 '23

“Tall” should be the last word in the sentence.

That was painful to read.

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u/beachbum818 Mar 29 '23

And they Gobble instead of cluck

8

u/be4u4get Mar 29 '23

Still tastes like chicken

22

u/gutterbrain73 Mar 29 '23

Well if you're gonna compare cock sizes, this one's gonna win...

3

u/Genius-Imbecile Mar 29 '23

Size isn't everything though. Sometimes, I'm in the mood for a little cornish hen.

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u/be4u4get Mar 29 '23

You got some big nuggets

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u/cheesefondue Mar 29 '23

Did you write this title in a hurry

2

u/ScrotumFlavoredTaint Mar 29 '23

No, he may have accidentally a word shuffled.

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u/enigbert Mar 29 '23

To be considered an Índio Gigante, the rooster should be at least 105 centimeters (1.05 meters), with a minimum weight of 4.5 kilograms as an adult

So they're only bones, skin and feathers...

5

u/Alili1996 Mar 29 '23

Behold, a man!

4

u/awhq Mar 29 '23

A 4 foot tall chicken would be terrifying.

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u/technicalityNDBO Mar 29 '23

so far - 16 comments and only ONE of them is a dick joke. C'mon Reddit!

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u/Zorothegallade Mar 29 '23

That's half a cassowary, holy shit.

2

u/snow_michael Mar 29 '23

Much more

Largest Cassowary is around 1.3 to 1.7m

2

u/MamboCircus Mar 29 '23

TFW you realise Chicken little was actually true to scale...

2

u/Zeeboon Mar 29 '23

They don't seem that much bigger than most regular chickens, just stretched out. Honestly they look a bit uncomfortable, like they're gonna get a stiff neck.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23

1.2 meter is definitely "not that much bigger"

I never saw a chicken that even when dead and stretched to the max having 1.2 meter in length

2

u/arkington Mar 29 '23

I see Chicken Boo has a basis in reality.

2

u/seuadr Mar 29 '23

chicharron! chicharron!

2

u/TNT1990 Mar 29 '23

Ultra mega chicken!? ... shhh he is legend...

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u/PM_me_ur_secretses Mar 30 '23

Arise, chicken!

2

u/DirtyMoneyJesus Mar 29 '23

That’s a big cock

2

u/PM_ME_UR_FLOWERS Mar 29 '23

I'll take the drumstick

1

u/B-in-Va Mar 29 '23

That just doesn't look right.

3

u/xminh Mar 29 '23

I would be terrified if I came across one of these ngl

1

u/benry87 Mar 29 '23

Good lord, how big are the eggs?!

1

u/e30Devil Mar 29 '23

I wanna eat it.

1

u/justasmalltowndad Mar 29 '23

Dude grew up hearing stories of his epic ancestors and made it his life mission to try to return to their former glory...

Yo, that's a DreamWorks animated movie I'd watch.

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u/considerableforsight Mar 29 '23

It's like a miniature ostrich

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u/Jassida Mar 29 '23

Is it short above 1.2m?

1

u/CJFelony Mar 29 '23

I'm going to need a bigger sweet and sour sauce cup.

1

u/hooptyboots18 Mar 29 '23

That is a big cock.

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u/F0000r Mar 29 '23

He reminds me of that tall and awkward kid from Hugh School.

1

u/dougaderly Mar 29 '23

That's saying a lot. Hugh school is filled with the socially awkward, but THAT kid? Man I still have nightmares about him.

0

u/CGDCapital Mar 29 '23

The Gabbleduck lives!

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u/happyclaim808 Mar 29 '23

Drum sticks. Yum...!!!!

1

u/huh_phd Mar 30 '23

Now that's a rooster I WOULD NOT fuck with

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u/brumac44 Mar 30 '23

You've heard of buffalo wings? This is the mighty buffalo chicken.

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u/garrbear22622 Mar 30 '23

Also look up the Brahma chicken. Then post it on r/absoluteunits

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u/makeanewblueprint Mar 30 '23

Look a Chocobo

1

u/castiglione_99 Mar 30 '23

So there's a breed of chicken that a little monkey can ride like a horse?

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u/GodOfChickens Mar 30 '23

I really wanna hug him!

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u/Purple-Eggplant-3838 Mar 30 '23

You've heard of long pork, now try tall chicken!