While still under Conditional Movement Restriction Order, I have a lot of free time to watch the park like area in front of where I live.
Three days ago I was highly entertained by 2 wild chickens' repeated attempts to get to the top of a huge lorry parked in the open area. After many attempts, one black chicken was standing on the metal bar under the front lights. The other one managed to perch on the windscreen wiper. After four failed attempts to jump higher, it did manage to reach the top of the cab for a few seconds. However, the metal paint on top was too slippery for the chicken's claws. It fell all of 6 feet to the grass.
All these happened within 40 minutes or so. I used to think that chickens were impulsive animals. After this I realise one or two could be quite persistent. There was no food on top of the cab. Why did the chickens tried hard to achieve such a difficult feat? Indeed why do we climb mountains?
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