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It's the spherical chicken of legend! Somebody get the frictionless vacuum! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Thrashy@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If that is real, it is in pain. Overfed chickens typically spend the last ~month of their life in pain. I love chicken, but what we have done to get bigger yields is pretty gross.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

It's looks photoshopped, but the original was probably mid fluffing themselves up. They can get pretty round after they get up and shake the dust out of themselves.