鸡你太美太聪明 | Chicken, You Are So Beautiful and Clever

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人们对鸡普遍的看法是笨笨的，没脑子的，“呆如木鸡”很好的表达出了我们长久以来的偏见。甚至很多人对鸡没有任何看法 --- 鸡对于他们来说只是一个名词，和餐盘中的肉没有任何联系。

The common perception of chickens is that they are dumb and brainless, and "dumb as a woodchuck" is a good expression of our long-held prejudices. Moreover, many people don't even know anything about chickens -- it just a noun for them, has nothing to do with a real chicken that can run and crow.

实际上，鸡非常之聪明，在列举它们的智慧之前，让我们先欣赏一下他们好看的外表，他们比起常规宠物 -- 猫和狗也有过之而无不及：

In fact, chickens are very smart, before listing their wisdom, let's take a look at their good looking appearance, which is even better than that of regular pets, cats and dogs:

当然，外表很重要，但是更重要的是，我们的鸡一点也不笨！

Of course, appearance is important, but more importantly, chickens are not stupid at all!

施普林格旗下期刊《动物认知》发表的一篇综述文章认为，鸡的智力水平被无端低估，事实上他们不仅能识数，掌握复杂的沟通技巧，保持自制力，甚至还能感知时间间隔，并预见未来发生的事情。

According to a review published in Springer's journal Animal Cognition, chickens are unreasonably underrated in intelligence. In fact, they can not only read numbers, maintain self-control, master complex communication skills, but also perceive time intervals and foresee future events.

识数

Numeracy

鸡对于数字有一定的认知，科研人员拿刚孵出的雏鸡进行实验，结果发现它们能够区分数量，并有数量排序的概念。具体表现为，人们在刚出生5天的家鸡面前放置两组不同数量的物品，在用两块隔板阻挡之后，它们还能成功找出哪块隔板后面的物品更多，它们似乎进行了加减形式的简单算数。

Chickens know things about numbers. Researchers have been experimenting with chicks that have just hatched. Specifically, people placed two sets of different quantities of items in front of the five-day-old chickens, and after blocking them with two partitions, they were able to successfully find out which of the items was more behind the partition. They seemed to carry out simple arithmetic in the form of addition and subtraction.

自制力

Self-Control

鸡在争取更好的食物奖赏时，会保持自制力。而且，还能自我评估自己在啄食顺序中的地位。这两个特点是自我意识的体现。

The birds possess self-control when it comes to holding out for a better food reward. They are able to self-assess their position in the pecking order. These two characteristics are indicative of self-awareness.

沟通技巧

Communication Skills

鸡的沟通方式也相当复杂，包括了一系列不同的视觉展示和至少24种不同的鸣叫。家鸡拥有复杂的指示沟通能力，这涉及呼唤、展示和啼叫等传递信息的信号。例如，当有危险时，它们用此发出警报。

Chicken communication is also quite complex, and consists of a large repertoire of different visual displays and at least 24 distinct vocalizations. The birds possess the complex ability of referential communication, which involves signals such as calls, displays and whistles to convey information. They may use this to sound the alarm when there is danger, for instance.

预见未来

Prediction of Future Events

鸡能感知时间间隔，并能预测未来事件。和许多其他动物一样，它们在需要解决问题的社会环境中表现出认知复杂性。

Chickens perceive time intervals and can anticipate future events. Like many other animals, they demonstrate their cognitive complexity when placed in social situations requiring them to solve problems.

所以你还觉得鸡没有脑子吗？其实不仅是鸡，我们对很多动物的了解都太少，于是便不加思考的将信息灌入自己的脑子。希望在看到这篇文章的你能知道，原来我们身边和餐盘里的动物都是可爱的，有独立思想的生命啊。

So you still think chickens have no brains? In fact, not only chickens, we know too little about many animals, so we put information into our own brains without thinking. Hope we can agree that animals around us and on our plate are all lovely and have independent thinking.

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