Watched some documentary ages ago and pigeons’ reaction times are so fast it’s almost like we move in slow motion to them. 250ms is the average for humans without training and pigeons trained to peck when a certain stimuli was presented showed theirs is roughly 80ms. Smaller birds are even faster. Pretty neat.
It also is down to their eyesight - humans see about 30 frames a second, birds see 120 frames a second. So most broadcast or recorded video appears as a series of still images for them.
This crazy bugger used to go hard on everything, but the last month or so, he’s turned into my buddy. Loves getting pets and scritches now. But he’ll still flex on anything that isn’t familiar unless it’s a hen lol
Yo, no bullshit, my hen that sometimes rides on my shoulder catches shit I’d never notice.
Mind you, it isn’t armed enemies or anything, but those fucking squirrels are plottin on me.
And the rooster, that crazy bastard would rip a shotgun out of my hands amd shove it up the ass of a coyote. My feathered homie goes hard on predators
Watched some documentary ages ago and pigeons’ reaction times are so fast it’s almost like we move in slow motion to them. 250ms is the average for humans without training and pigeons trained to peck when a certain stimuli was presented showed theirs is roughly 80ms. Smaller birds are even faster. Pretty neat.
It also is down to their eyesight - humans see about 30 frames a second, birds see 120 frames a second. So most broadcast or recorded video appears as a series of still images for them.
I half-remember it being a thinking-reacting continuum. The less you think, the faster you react.
So therefore, head empty; twitchshot on point.
Saw something like that along with less length for signals to pass along neural pathways being a factor.
Dinosaur blood in their veins
In my experience, roosters go hard on on everything. Well, some anyway. The other half are cuddly instead of aggressive.
This crazy bugger used to go hard on everything, but the last month or so, he’s turned into my buddy. Loves getting pets and scritches now. But he’ll still flex on anything that isn’t familiar unless it’s a hen lol
Lucky, my roosters are either total assholes or complete cowards - but they both end up worthless when a fox or coyote show up.