The new rooster is getting all grown up, and after a brief protest was receptive to some attention. He was sitting in the coup run because he lost track of his siblings who were on the other side of the house.
On the importance of ecologically relevant protocols when studying animal cognition. The chicken passed a cleverly modified version of the mirror test for self-recognition.
📄 Hillemacher et al (2023) Roosters do not warn the bird in the mirror: The cognitive ecology of mirror self-recognition. PLoS ONE 18:e0291416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291416
#MetalMonday:
Lamp in the Shape of a #Rooster
Early Byzantine (Egypt?), 6th-7th c.
Bronze, cast & chased, 11 x 13.5 cm (4 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
On display at @DumbartonOaks
“The rooster is a rare shape and may not have any references beyond its similarity in shape to the peacock and its associations with sunrise - the start of daylight.” #BirdsInArt