# Is there any animal that won't eat fried chicken? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 3, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936 "2005-07-03T19:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/1 "2005-07-03T19:07:10Z")
Just wondering … ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/2 "2005-07-03T19:20:42Z")
I’ve got some leftover KFC in my fridge, but I’m not quite willing to test this out with my fish. Besides, that chicken is mine. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/3 "2005-07-03T19:49:43Z")
Chicken. (Or any non-carnivore…) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/4 "2005-07-03T20:16:33Z")
A vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/5 "2005-07-03T20:19:16Z")
WAG: koala bears and pandas. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/6 "2005-07-03T20:28:56Z")
Other fried chickens. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/7 "2005-07-03T20:33:00Z")
Tiggers don’t like fried chicken. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/8 "2005-07-03T20:40:56Z")
well, not 100.0% sure, but I don’t think cows would be wild about it. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/9 "2005-07-03T20:44:38Z")
Some sort of swallow? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/10 "2005-07-03T20:56:51Z")
Pretty much all of them will, if they know what’s good for them. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/11 "2005-07-03T21:22:31Z")
I once was at a picnic where these huge wasps were divebombing the table and flying away with big chunks of fried chicken ripped from our KFC. That was pleasant, I can tell you … ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/12 "2005-07-03T22:06:29Z")
Horses: No. Not even if you wrapped it in alfalfa hay, or served it mixed with shredded bran muffins. These are beasts that can devour a bucketful of grain while separating out the powdered fragments of the medicine you’re trying to sneak into them. They’d flip the chicken chunks outta the way with their semi-prehensile lips and gobble up the good stuff, then give you that “What is this stuff in my bucket and why isn’t it carrots?” look. A goat, however, would eat the chicken and the container it came in. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/13 "2005-07-03T23:00:23Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Horses: No. Not even if you wrapped it in alfalfa hay, or served it mixed with shredded bran muffins. These are beasts that can devour a bucketful of grain while separating out the powdered fragments of the medicine you’re trying to sneak into them. They’d flip the chicken chunks outta the way with their semi-prehensile lips and gobble up the good stuff, then give you that “What is this stuff in my bucket and why isn’t it carrots?” look. > > A goat, however, would eat the chicken and the container it came in. I have to disagree wit you there . Although I have no actual experrience feeding chicken to a horse , my first horse Star gladly gobbled down a hamburger once . I think it was sort of a if-you’re-eating-it-I-must-have-some thing with him , but he did eat it . So if he ate beef , why not chicken ? On the other hand , my cat turns her nose up at it . Go figure . ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/14 "2005-07-03T23:03:08Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Chicken. > > (Or any non-carnivore…) Untrue. I’ve seen it done, little bastard cannibals that they are. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/15 "2005-07-03T23:06:01Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Chicken. > > (Or any non-carnivore…) I’ve heard squirrels love it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/16 "2005-07-04T00:09:03Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I have to disagree wit you there . Although I have no actual experrience feeding chicken to a horse , my first horse Star gladly gobbled down a hamburger once . I think it was sort of a if-you’re-eating-it-I-must-have-some thing with him , but he did eat it . So if he ate beef , why not chicken ? > > On the other hand , my cat turns her nose up at it . Go figure . The question is, did he ever eat a second hamburger? I completely understand the “If my human’s eating it, it must be good” mindset, but my two have begged a taste of something, chomped it a bit, and let it dribble out when the Awful Truth (“Ick, not good!”) became apparent. Then again, was the hamburger made with grainfed beef? Was there lettuce on it? 😉 I once had a cat that refused lobster. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/17 "2005-07-04T00:10:36Z")
My mother’s budgie loved fried chicken. And martinis. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/18 "2005-07-04T00:27:54Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > well, not 100.0% sure, but I don’t think cows would be wild about it. [https://www.cfacompanystore.com/retail/itemsShow\_retail.asp?itemnum=8251](https://www.cfacompanystore.com/retail/itemsShow_retail.asp?itemnum=8251) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/19 "2005-07-04T03:29:44Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > The question is, did he ever eat a second hamburger? I completely understand the “If my human’s eating it, it must be good” mindset, but my two have begged a taste of something, chomped it a bit, and let it dribble out when the Awful Truth (“Ick, not good!”) became apparent. I have a friend whose horse dearly loved Beef & Broccoli, including the beef. He ate it as frequently as his owner would allow (not very). ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936/20 "2005-07-04T03:49:09Z")
Well the iguana I used to own would eat any and everything in addition to the normal fruits and veggies. Pizza, PB&JS, cereal with milk, chicken, hot pockets, live mice, etc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-animal-that-wont-eat-fried-chicken/310936.md?page=2)