The animal may appear catatonic, while remaining conscious and calm anywhere from 30 seconds up to half an hour. Thanatosis is a form of tonic immobility: a state of profound but reversible, involuntary paralysis, which is induced by physical restraint. That behaviour, also known as thanatosis, is an anti-predation behavior used by a number of animals, including opossums, spiders, snakes and yes, chickens. We might know the expression ‘playing possum’ in which those marsupials act as though they were dead. Usually the next option of either fight or flight follows, but there is a third possibility. They will first freeze, even if only for a split second, to rapidly assess the situation. When an animal encounters a threat, their body responds quickly and unconsciously to protect them from danger. A little scratching beneath the surface of these party tricks meant to amuse the guests reveals that those birds are actually experiencing tonic immobility (TI). Both techniques result in a chicken that appears totally malleable. It can be achieved in a couple of different ways: either turning a bird on its back and gently restraining them or drawing a line directly in front of them and pushing their beak to the ground.
No, it’s not accomplished by slowly swinging a watch back and forth in front of a chicken, while softly whispering “you are getting sleepy, very, very sleepy” until the bird is putty in your hand. It’s defined as “a human condition involving focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion”.įewer of you might be aware of ‘chicken hypnosis’. I’m not sure how credible those performances are, but I do believe that hypnosis can be a legitimate practice.
#Hypnotize a chicken by drawing a chalk line series#
Most of us are probably familiar with hypnotist shows in which volunteers are recruited to participate in a series of activities that entertain the audience, by inducing them to behave in embarrassing ways, including acting like a chicken.
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