Screw Butterball

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Well she was saying something about Fried Chicken and KFC and I said that I would never eat there..and began to tell her why.

When I got to the part about the beaks she told me about her job and said, "they really can't feel anything..."

That's utter bullplop. A bird's beak is one of the most sensitive areas of its body.

http://www.parrotchronicles.com/depa...skdrharris.htm

Excerpt (the site is about parrots, but it applies to most birds):

"BIRD BEAKS are one of nature's special creations. They are very much like our fingernails, but with supporting bone underneath. They also have germinal, or growth, tissue beneath the hard shell, which lets the beak grow in three directions - from top to tip, from center to edges and from deep to surface - unlike our nails, which grow in a flat sheet with growth tissue at the top. The germinal layer with its blood supply extends almost to the tip of the beak. This makes the beak a very sensitive organ, as well as a strong one. Consider how your bird can groom your eyelashes with the same beak he uses to crack a walnut! ... "