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[โ€“] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain that a bit better? Is it a gender thing?

[โ€“] kofe@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I guess so. Roosters are the ones that crow, but when they're alone (seeing themselves in the mirror) I suppose they figure they don't need to signal there's danger. I'd have to look for the video and paper for more details on whether they tested whether this was true with other roosters or just chickens, but from my memory I think they did both