Chicks Are Smart, Scientists Confirm


	Chicks Are Smart, Scientists Confirm

tabsey

4-2-2009 8:29 AM

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tabsey says:

The headline is a shocker. The story, fine.

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4-2-2009 11:45 AM

Nerfzilla

I adore chickens, so cute and sweet and clever.

4-20-2009 4:33 AM

JackieDel

This finding makes it all the more tragic at the barbaric practices used on factory farmed chicks :
http://www.animalfreedom.org/video/videos.html

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