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Why are chickens so afraid of people?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Most birds are naturally frightened easily. After all, chicken is on the diet of just about every carnivore and omnivore. Since the chicken is not good at fighting they defend themselves by running away. Hence the term "chicken" when applied to a frightened person.

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Fear of chickens is called alektorophobia.

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Chickens are on the low end of the food chain and instinctively are afraid of anything larger than themselves.

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12y ago

People are scared of chickens because they are big pussies

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Alektorophobia

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because we kill them and we are bigger.

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