# 5 Insane Ways Science is Humiliating Birds (With WTF Images)

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**Created:** [July 1, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-insane-ways-science-is-humiliating-birds-with-wtf-images/662341 "2013-07-01T13:16:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-insane-ways-science-is-humiliating-birds-with-wtf-images/662341/1 "2013-07-01T13:16:50Z")

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:dubious: This is real. Right?

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> After seeing the myriad ways we've used science to mess with our fine feathered friends, we're frankly shocked they haven't all turned into Hitchockian horror.s

Featherless chickens? Wouldn’t the skin get all leathered and nasty? It would be horrible baked or fried.

I always liked the crested birds. Wish now that I didn’t know what causes crested ducks. The Crested Stafford Canary is very pretty imho.