[Levin]

Issued on: 10/07/2023 - 03:52
Modified: 10/07/2023 - 03:51


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"The modern meat chicken is unrecognisable compared to its ancestors or wild counterparts," said Carys Bennett, a geologist and lead author of a 2017 study in Royal Society Open Science laying out the evidence for the animal as a "marker species" of the Anthropocene.

"Body size, the shape of the skeleton, bone chemistry and genetics are all distinct."

Their very existence, in other words, is evidence of humanity's capacity to hack nature and intervene in natural processes.

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The species has long been prized for its meat and eggs, but its engineered breeding into the rotund, short-lived creature found in supermarkets the world over started only after World War II.

"It usually takes millions of years for evolution to occur, but here it has taken just decades to produce a new form of animal," Jan Zalasiewicz, an emeritus professor of palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, told AFP.


https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...d-chickens

[sgh]

When I read the title chicken still thought is the other kind of chicken which has been around for a long time in man history I guess.

[Sentinel]

When I read the title chicken still thought is the other kind of chicken which has been around for a long time in man history I guess.

Ok, do you know why they are called chickens by the Chinese? Guess..

[Alice Alicia]

Wait till they see the chicken in geylang.

[sgh]

Ok, do you know why they are called chickens by the Chinese? Guess..

I guess ancient times desperate man pump chicken from behind? Pump finish kill and cook to eat multiple purpose?

[Levin]

Ok, do you know why they are called chickens by the Chinese? Guess..

说法一：

在古代中国，妓女是合法的，妓院里的妓女老板被称为”老鸨”。”鸨”是一种鸟，这种鸟的雌性会在交配季节与多个雄鸟交配。既然妓院老板被称为“老鸨”，而且是一种鸟，那她所领导的风尘女子们不也应该是鸟了么？所以人们就很自然地把她们称为各种鸟，比如莺呀燕呀的，但是好象没几种能与之相配的，所以人们就想到了最常见的鸟——家禽！于是就有了把妓女称为鸡的说法。

说法二：

谐音。所谓妓女，一般都是有组织的，都是属于某一个妓院的。这样的妓女，一般不称作鸡。旧时，人们把不属于某个妓院，自己单独卖身的称作“野妓”，叫俗了，就叫成了野鸡，简称：鸡。还有种小众说法是：在南方，尤其是广东那边的人口音很重，把妓叫成了鸡，所以就成了一种比较市井的称呼。

说法三：

妓女一般出卖色相都是在半夜三更，妓女为了让嫖客更high，会配合大声叫床，以唤起男性的斗志，尽快高潮。半夜三更是个明显的时间特征，而妓女们的行为更像是金鸡报晓，所以，“鸡”的形象就把这一行当的特性描写得惟妙惟肖。鸡者，半夜尖叫也。


Google translation:

First Origin:

In ancient China, prostitutes were legal, and the bosses of prostitutes in brothels were called "old bustards". A "bustard" is a bird in which the female mates with multiple males during the mating season. Since the owner of a brothel is called a "Bustard" and is a kind of bird, shouldn't the prostitutes she leads be also birds? So people naturally call them all kinds of birds, such as warblers and swallows, but there seem to be few that can match them, so people think of the most common bird-poultry! So there is a saying that prostitutes are called chickens.

Second Origin:

Homophonic. The so-called prostitutes are generally organized and belong to a certain brothel. Such prostitutes are generally not called chickens. In the old days, people called those who did not belong to a certain brothel and sold themselves alone as "wild prostitutes". There is also a niche saying: in the south, especially in Guangdong, the accent is very strong, and they call prostitutes chickens, so it has become a more commonplace name.

Third Origin:

Prostitutes generally sell their sex in the middle of the night. In order to make their customers more high, prostitutes will make the bed loudly in order to arouse men's fighting spirit and climax as soon as possible. Midnight is an obvious time feature, and the behavior of prostitutes is more like a golden rooster announcing the dawn, so the image of "chicken" vividly describes the characteristics of this profession. Chickens scream in the middle of the night.

[sgh]

说法一：

在古代中国，妓女是合法的，妓院里的妓女老板被称为”老鸨”。”鸨”是一种鸟，这种鸟的雌性会在交配季节与多个雄鸟交配。既然妓院老板被称为“老鸨”，而且是一种鸟，那她所领导的风尘女子们不也应该是鸟了么？所以人们就很自然地把她们称为各种鸟，比如莺呀燕呀的，但是好象没几种能与之相配的，所以人们就想到了最常见的鸟——家禽！于是就有了把妓女称为鸡的说法。

说法二：

谐音。所谓妓女，一般都是有组织的，都是属于某一个妓院的。这样的妓女，一般不称作鸡。旧时，人们把不属于某个妓院，自己单独卖身的称作“野妓”，叫俗了，就叫成了野鸡，简称：鸡。还有种小众说法是：在南方，尤其是广东那边的人口音很重，把妓叫成了鸡，所以就成了一种比较市井的称呼。

说法三：

妓女一般出卖色相都是在半夜三更，妓女为了让嫖客更high，会配合大声叫床，以唤起男性的斗志，尽快高潮。半夜三更是个明显的时间特征，而妓女们的行为更像是金鸡报晓，所以，“鸡”的形象就把这一行当的特性描写得惟妙惟肖。鸡者，半夜尖叫也。


Google translation:

First Origin:

In ancient China, prostitutes were legal, and the bosses of prostitutes in brothels were called "old bustards". A "bustard" is a bird in which the female mates with multiple males during the mating season. Since the owner of a brothel is called a "Bustard" and is a kind of bird, shouldn't the prostitutes she leads be also birds? So people naturally call them all kinds of birds, such as warblers and swallows, but there seem to be few that can match them, so people think of the most common bird-poultry! So there is a saying that prostitutes are called chickens.

Second Origin:

Homophonic. The so-called prostitutes are generally organized and belong to a certain brothel. Such prostitutes are generally not called chickens. In the old days, people called those who did not belong to a certain brothel and sold themselves alone as "wild prostitutes". There is also a niche saying: in the south, especially in Guangdong, the accent is very strong, and they call prostitutes chickens, so it has become a more commonplace name.

Third Origin:

Prostitutes generally sell their sex in the middle of the night. In order to make their customers more high, prostitutes will make the bed loudly in order to arouse men's fighting spirit and climax as soon as possible. Midnight is an obvious time feature, and the behavior of prostitutes is more like a golden rooster announcing the dawn, so the image of "chicken" vividly describes the characteristics of this profession. Chickens scream in the middle of the night.

Third origin unlikely. Pros no need sleep do until 3 am? First and second origin logical. Cantonese laugh poor don't laugh sex workers so canto lot pros

[Levin]

Third origin unlikely. Pros no need sleep do until 3 am? First and second origin logical. Cantonese laugh poor don't laugh sex workers so canto lot pros

I had always thought it was 2. Or at least I was told so when young. 1 is logical too. 3 is a bit umm, I can accept lah.

[Napoleon Porlumpar]

hope chickens will be as big as turkeys soon................same price..............

then eggs as big as ostrich eggs............

[Manthink]

When I read the title chicken still thought is the other kind of chicken which has been around for a long time in man history I guess.

Errr...allow me to share a little secret about the REAL origin of "chickens"....



https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n...180940877/

[Manthink]

hope chickens will be as big as turkeys soon................same price..............
then eggs as big as ostrich eggs............

Errr...be careful of what you wish for...

[Sentinel]

Alright, the truth will set you free..

This is how it all started, at the wet market..

[watchfirst9]

eating and way of living are totally different,
of course meat and skeleton will began to change.

[Sentinel]

Alright, the truth will set you free..

This is how it all started, at the wet market..

The origin of why prostitutes come to be called "chickens"..

It's the same as why ROSE is the choice flower to give to a girl whom you want to fark her and she actually loves that gesture, because girls are horny

[p1acebo]

When I read the title chicken still thought is the other kind of chicken which has been around for a long time in man history I guess.

With hairy meow meow kind?