Is Chicken an animal???

@Drosophila (16573)
Ireland
August 10, 2016 6:25pm CST
This was a serious question! I had the net radio on and was listening to a live show.. When one of the hosts asked this question in all seriousness. He doesn't think chicken is an animal, as it's a bird, and birds are not animals.. So what do you think? Is chicken an animal? For me.. well it's food!
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@rebelann (110771)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Aug 16
All creatures big and small are animals, then there are insects and bugs.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
yep the creepies and crawlies
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
10 Aug 16
A chicken is a bird.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
It sure is, shame it can't fly
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
@RubyHawk That's true! they can flap around
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 Aug 16
@Drosophila Chickens can fly somewhat,. They can fly up in trees or in the roost but thats as far as they can go.
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@snowy22315 (168421)
• United States
10 Aug 16
yes, chickens are animals! No doubt about it
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@sol_cee (38224)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
Chicken is KFC. lol
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@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
11 Aug 16
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
@sol_cee zinger burger!!! now you make me miss KFC
@jstory07 (133754)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Aug 16
I thought a chicken is an animal part if the bird family. Chicken is a good food to eat.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
chicken is definitely a great food. though in terms of the bird family, I think I prefer to eat duck. Pheasants and fowls are yum to0
@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
10 Aug 16
I would say it's not an animal, birds are in a different category. They are all creatures though.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
They are indeed all creatures, and definitely not plants!
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@rina110383 (24497)
11 Aug 16
A chicken is a meat. Hence, it is a food.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
though a vegan would possibly call it a pet?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Aug 16
It all depends on how far you break the divisions down. Chickens are part of the Animal Kingdom, but becomes separated as you divide up the species further.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
well for me, there's white meat, red meat, and fish meat
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
@Asylum indeed that are a lot of things! but certainly not plants or fungi!
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• United States
12 Aug 16
I have been eating chicken my whole live on a consistent basis and it's not an animal as far as I'm concerned. It is part of the fowl family.
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• United States
12 Aug 16
@Drosophila Yes, I used to eat it every day - but my husband isn't a chicken lover like me so maybe now just once or twice a week.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
@AbbyGreenhill wow that's a lot of chicken consumed! what about other fowls? I'm not a big fan of turkey I must say
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
Is it also your favourite meat?
@moffittjc (118219)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Aug 16
A chicken may be a bird, but even a bird is an animal! And I like your definition even better....chicken is food!
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
Actually chicken is buffalo! As chicken wings are called buffalo wings
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
13 Aug 16
@moffittjc I had roast chicken today! so I am happy :D enjoy the wing!
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@moffittjc (118219)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Aug 16
@Drosophila Now I'm hungry for buffalo wings! Thanks!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
11 Aug 16
Lol! A chicken is a fowl and I'm having it for dinner!
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
Indeed! and my favourite white meat, actually is duck considered white meat? If so, chicken is not my favourite!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
12 Aug 16
@Drosophila I really don't know about duck. I've only had Peking and it was delicious.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
11 Aug 16
I don't know all the exact classifications, but I consider birds to be animals. They're not human! lol
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
hahaha good call! though some men do refer to women as birds... or chicks .
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
@CRK109 indeed that I couldn't agree with more!
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
11 Aug 16
@Drosophila Fortunately or unfortunately, men call women a lot of things. The one thing they don't call us that they should is Superior! lol
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@responsiveme (22932)
• India
12 Aug 16
Its a bird. Why did the chicken cross the road?
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
To get to the other side?
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
13 Aug 16
@responsiveme oh ya! Totally chickens can be very inspirational, we can associate so much with it
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• India
13 Aug 16
@Drosophila hee hee...just thought of that old joke when I read your post.
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@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Aug 16
When will the stupidity end? Chickens are animals part of the aves family. i.e. BIRDS!!! And only reason humans eat them is because we're omnivores i.e. creatures who are simultaniously carnivorous and herbivoruous! This is second grade level crap!!!!
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
23 Aug 16
Hahaha! Ah well you should tell the host dude! I think his idea of an animal is 4 legged walking mammal
@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
24 Aug 16
@Hanyouyomi ya! I felt the same way.. he's problem is he played too much computer games... and not paid enough attention in school. feel free to write this summary to Dan Ryckert @ Giant Bomb.. he'll probably burst a blood vessel
• Dallas, Texas
24 Aug 16
@Drosophila You broke me ma'am... You broke me in ways you can't imagine just now... If what you say is true,(and I'm to God it's not...) then this radio host would have his mind blown by the realizatio that that birds, reptiles like lizards, turtles, and crocodiles, amphibeans like Frogs, Toads, Newts, and Salamanders, and even bugs are all animals. Hell, he might be stupefied by the fact that there are mammals that don't have legs or fur like whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and walruses. I mean I read a lot of animal based books and watched a lot of shows based around animals as a kid, but this is some basic level stuff. I though this was common knowledge. Oh, and he might be even more dumbfounded by the fact that there are two species of mammals that lay eggs:"The Platapus and the Echnidna."
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@meganval (261)
• Philippines
11 Aug 16
Chicken is an animal that we can eat.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
definitely edible! yum
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
@meganval Lol am going to have chicken this weekend roasted!
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@meganval (261)
• Philippines
12 Aug 16
@Drosophila yes, delicious.
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
13 Aug 16
Hmm I think it is an animal ...
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
13 Aug 16
Right, it's a "thing" that moves instead of the "unmoving" things like plants
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Aug 16
I think they are considered animals too ..
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
Sure in the case of taxonomy! though the definition of animal is really quite broad these days..
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@sabtraversa (12436)
• Italy
11 Aug 16
Of course it's an animal. But food comes to mind first. It reminds me of an online game, where they ask you to convert a chicken into an animal... what the heck?
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@sabtraversa (12436)
• Italy
11 Aug 16
@Drosophila I just checked, I don't think there should be any problems in the English version, because they mention pets, not chickens. However in the Italian one they translated it as "animale (animal)". The game was Nostale, by the way.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
@sabtraversa thx thx! it sounds like a mad game!
@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
11 Aug 16
I agree! white meat, is my first thought.. Lol about the game. Gotta check it out
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Aug 16
Chicken is fowl not animal. Chickens have wings, animals don't. So no, chickens are not animals, they're fowl.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
chicken is definitely a fowl
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@fcmondez (413)
• Quezon, Philippines
11 Aug 16
A chicken is an animal since it is a living being which is not a pplant or a human. :) I guest the really tricky question is which comes first, chicken or egg? :)
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
Well a human is also an animal... not far from monkeys.. so I think we have more in common with chickens than plants xD Neither Chicken nor Eggs comes first! Bacteria comes first specially prokaryotes
• India
12 Aug 16
Chicken is chicken and it tastes awesome!
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Aug 16
lol yes, I agree there
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• India
12 Aug 16
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