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Title: What's the stupidest animal and how has it survived not getting extinct?
Author: Muted_Action5717
Upvotes: 189

285 Comments:
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| gingerisla (291 upvotes): Some guide in Scotland once told me that pheasants were purposely bred to be stupid so that they're easier to hunt.
| | Thousandgoudianfinch (109 upvotes): I'd rather think it an exploitation of their behavioural and physical mechanics. The Ring-necked pheasant resides mostly in brush and long grass, thus it has powerful legs for running, which serve it well. And so when frightened its first instinct is to sit still, which works just fine for avoiding say a wandering dog, or running into more difficult brush, only not so much when beaters walk in an organised pattern, covering all ground. Secondly mechanically, Pheasants have large flight muscles ( but not suited to flapping flight)  like a chicken, but wings adapted for gliding, so as a final resort they can as you likely know burst upward and glide away into deeper inaccessible brush and hedge, this would work against a land based predator. Obviously they can't anticipate bullets thus this works against them. Fourthly, about 50 million pheasants are released onto estates each year, but prior to that are raised in Pheasant pens thus like chickens are going to be slower due to ample food, and less cautious than wild counterparts, furthermore when released they will not instinctively  fear farms or open farmland thus are in closer contact with people, and have no experience with cars. Furthermore Pheasants nest on the ground thus are vulnerable to the fox and rat so wild populations are going to smaller.
| | | SockSock (25 upvotes): You know more about pheasants than I do
| | | | Thousandgoudianfinch (8 upvotes): They are fascinating, In my opinion the most beautiful group of birds in the world, especially those of the Orient
| | | | | CLOWNSwithyouJOKERS (1 upvotes): Saw a rogue one yesterday in Southern California. Male. Quite a majestic looking bird. I appreciated your pheasant facts.
| | | | Rickardiac (1 upvotes): Not anymore.
| | | Timely_Egg_6827 (1 upvotes): I do get annoyed when people call them stupid because a lot get run over but it is their instinct to run to deep cover. Works well for a heavy bird but not against cars. Friend has rehabbed a few - he sent them off to either a vegan farm sanctuary or a clay shooting range. Heavy penalties if you kill a live bird and good training to check your shot. Some shoots have albino or exotic pheasants in the flocks and again heavy penalties if you kill one. Heard of fines of £250 per bird.
| | graciewindkloppel (9 upvotes): It's just a flamboyant chicken, there's not much going on upstairs.
| | rir2 (2 upvotes): I thought this was going to be something about English peasants being the stupidest animals.
| | | textposts_only (1 upvotes): >Brexit means Brexit!
| | thornhead (-6 downvotes): Sounds like some stupid shit a Scot would say
| lanietadecastro (249 upvotes): Peacocks! They are invasive to Florida and occupy several neighborhoods here in Miami...they simply have no concept of self-preservation...like standing in front of cars...letting people move lawn mowers in circles around them...Like at least put some effort in.
| | pragmojo (238 upvotes): Peacocks invested all their stat points in being fuckable
| | | lanietadecastro (37 upvotes): Well that makes sense, in the areas they inhabit there are tons of them. Just standing around ignoring all danger lol
| | | | pragmojo (50 upvotes): Female peacock psychology must be like: *damn he has such disregard for self-protection that everything must be afraid of him*
| | | | | Majike03 (34 upvotes): Actually, a female "peacock" is called a peacunt
| | | | | | dirkalict (11 upvotes): I choose to believe you.
| | | VivaCristo-Rey (24 upvotes): A fellow peacock fucker i see
| | | | CruelHandLuke_ (9 upvotes): The correct term is PeaCocker.
| | | | stinkykitty71 (-1 downvotes): Neil Ciciereaga has entered the chat
| | | henryeaterofpies (5 upvotes): All Charisma, dump int and wis
| | | greggels86 (2 upvotes): Charisma 10, intelligence 1.
| | | thewhiterosequeen (1 upvotes): Then peacocks and me have something in common.
| | | literallyharsh (1 upvotes): I haven’t tried it. Is it good?
| | | 4_non_blondes (1 upvotes): This one right here officer
| | firemogle (11 upvotes): Honest question, since many times it's legal and encouraged to hunt invasive species, could I go to Florida and hunt peacocks?  It sounds like I could melee hunt them
| | | lanietadecastro (11 upvotes): Not within the city limits of Palmetto Bay which is basically where they all are. If they were in unincorporated Miami dade county, which isn’t designated as any kind of sanctuary, you’d probably be fine
| | | Thinkbeforeyouspeakk (4 upvotes): Two words: garden shears
| | | BardSinister (1 upvotes): Only with your bare hands. Though it's acceptable to deliver the death blow with your teeth.
| | Aedan2016 (16 upvotes): Canadian Geese say hello.  They do all of the above but also attack people if you go near them
| | | lanietadecastro (3 upvotes): So I’ve heard. Definitely not trying to deal with that lol
| | | Future-Reflection208 (2 upvotes): I’ve heard this about Canadian Geese lol
| | | Gruffleson (2 upvotes): They may be stupid, but they are also strong and big- being agressive isn't that meaningless, is it.
| | | | vamtnhunter (0 upvotes): They’re not. They’re all show. A huge one is 12 pounds, and they’re basically helpless if you have any idea what you’re doing. I’ve killed hundreds of them with my hands, and it’s three levels below easy.