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Gallus gallus domesticus
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Wikipedia: Chicken
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Observations
🔍 No documented observation
Description
General:
The
chicken
(
Gallus gallus domesticus
) is a large and round short-winged
bird
,
domesticated
from the
red junglefowl
of
Southeast Asia
around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing
meat
and
eggs
; others are kept as
pets
[
1
]
or for
cockfighting
.
[
more
]
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