Lily massa wants to know, why do we call people chickens when chickens are actually mean and cocky is? Pa, that's a good question. Well, i would say roosters are mean, ye. Hens, not so muchi, i'll look into that. Non french speakers often mishear that in what they're really being called is a conard, which, in english, does not mean duck. I think we shuld start calling people chloecas. Some birds seem like they mate for life, but they don't. They actually engwish partners every year. Em, there're some birds that do this incr to an absolute
Birds! Horned screamers! Winged pirates! Professional bird-person and all around cool dude James Maley joins Alie to talk about bird mating, monogamy, the cult of ornithology, absurd birds, parrots that are smarter than your friends' kids, a surprising fact about owl ears and history's most tragically zealous bird nerds. If you love birds, you'll be at home. If a bird did you dirty, you'll open your heart and learn to love again.
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