We guess the time period ‘coo-coo’ got here from chicken watchers…
People are recognized for performing some eccentric issues to fulfil a necessity or need. Sometimes it’s led by the means to wish to study extra, different instances it’s led by a fascination.
But regardless of the cause, it could possibly generally appear bizarre or excessive.
Like the Japanese man who paid over R200,000 to create a canine go well with so he may fulfil his life-long dream of being an animal.
Even for people who find themselves believed to be targeted on analysis, like scientists, it could possibly nonetheless get a bit over-the-top.
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“A Japanese scientist learning the languages of birds wore a large chicken masks on his head for a complete yr to be able to trick a nest of nice tits to permit him to method them.” (Oddity Central)
Of course, the query as as to if it labored or not will decide the extent of the loopiness of this case.
The Japanese scientist was thinking about researching the birds chirping, nonetheless, it appeared that birds had been vulnerable to recognise human faces which prompted them to cease their standard chirping.
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Hence the scientist determined to trick them into believing he was a chicken. We are on the fence with that type of logic.
Especially as a result of we predict we should always give birds extra credit score…
Check out the masks he wore and maybe you’ll perceive the place we’re coming from.
The picture was posted to Twitter/X by a fellow professor of the scientist, Toshitaka Suzuki.
一昨年から一緒に研究している研究員。シジュウカラに警戒されないよう配慮した結果こうなった（意味はなかった） pic.twitter.com/yiOBX1JZmL
— 鈴木俊貴 Toshitaka Suzuki (@toshitaka_szk) August 22, 2023
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Sadly for him, his time was wasted as he didn’t reach studying something from their language.
It appears they’re smarter than he gave them credit score them for.
“According to Prof. Suzuki, his colleague wore the disguise for a complete yr, however his experiment resulted in failure. Whenever the good tits seen him approaching, they began emitting their warning calls. The consequence was precisely the identical when the person lastly took out the headgear and tried getting nearer to the nest.” (Oddity Central)
Perhaps if he wore one thing extra life like or used a drone disguised as a chicken?
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