can't understand darwins theory on this one.
2006-10-03 07:55:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Howdy Stewpot!!! I think they may have reached an ultimate position in the evolutionary cycle - then again in terms of the process of improving a hundred years or so is a blink of an eye.....maybe chickens taste good in past 40 years??
Then again I cannot comment as I am a veggie!!!
2006-10-04 09:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually all this talk of evolution on chickens is irrelevent. Chickens, as domesticated animals, are subjected to only one evolutionary force: the farmer and his tastebuds. If a chicken were to be born that tasted bad, it and all of its littermates would be slaughtered. This is a far more drastic selection than nature could ever perform, as it removes even the recessive trait (which normally would survive) and all in one generation instead of over many generations. It is also why domesticated chickens all taste the same (and perhaps, when at a loss for description, we say something tastes like it), and presumably will always taste the same.
2006-10-03 16:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Wally M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As anything concerning evolution, that would be absolutely impossible to predict. Natural selection is a slow process and it may take hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years for a new species to emerge.
Besides, the number of factors involved is too great. Too many chickens lives would have to be carefully studied over a period of time that is, to say the least, unfeasible to study.
To understand this, you need to know more not only about Darwin's theory, but also about the butterfly effect and the Chaos Theory.
Take care!
2006-10-03 15:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would be probably be better off trying to evolve into premiership footballers,
they could then buy their way out of the slaughterhouse.
Nike would have to develop some crazy football boots for that to ever be possible though. Imagine a chicken in an X5!!!
2006-10-05 07:29:33 · answer #4 · answered by Arty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't need to evolve to taste bad because they have ensured their survival by means of numbers. Chickens found their survival nitche in the ability to scavange food from many sources and produce many offspring. They can as a species afford to lose some of their numbers to our eating them because this doesn't threaten the average number of their species over time.
2006-10-03 15:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should think about the fact that chicken are domesticated. Hence, their evolution as race/s are closely monitored and only the one that taste good, grow fast and eat less are selected for reproduction.
2006-10-03 15:21:11 · answer #6 · answered by Kostagh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are so people who keep just a few chickens and away from other groupes and these people keep only the ones with desirable traits. when the factories destroy themselves with greed there will still be the original breeds
2006-10-03 15:09:19 · answer #7 · answered by jekin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they may evolve out of the picture if the avian flu kills them all. Then it's fish and red meat sauces, my friend.
2006-10-03 15:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by franco5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a chicken has probably never tasted a chicken so it wouldnt know how it tasted
2006-10-03 15:06:59 · answer #9 · answered by Edward B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if we keep stuffing them full of chemicals, and forcing them to live in terrible conditions they will!
2006-10-03 15:04:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋