UCP Episode 028: Vestibulo Ocular Reflex or Why Chickens Have Steady Cam Heads & Humans Don’t

Chicken Steady Cam Experiment

Chicken Steady Cam Experiment – photo courtesy of jeremiahwj

Mercedes-Benz recently released a new commercial in which several chickens are rolled and moved about by anonymous human arms.  The point of the commercial is to demonstrate the fact that a chicken’s head is incredibly stable despite its body’s movements (and then liken their automobile’s stabilization to a chicken’s stable head).   This physical attribute gives chickens the appearance of having “steady-camera” head.

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UCP Episode 026: Ears & Eggs – What Color are Your Eggshells and Why?

Colorful Chicken Eggs - photo by Todd Dwyer

Colorful Chicken Eggs – photo by Todd Dwyer

Ears and Eggs.  In chickens the two are oddly linked.  There is a general rule that the color of a chicken’s ear (actually it’s earlobes, since the ears are covered in feathers and not readily visible) can help you determine what color of egg that chicken will lay. Chickens with white earlobes lay  Continue reading

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