why do chickens get hypnotized by drawing a straight line?

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why do chickens get hypnotized by drawing a straight line?

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I don’t have a reference for this, but what I’ve heard is that drawing the line in the dirt essentially simulates the feeling and experience of being dragged through the dirt, like what would happen if caught by a predator. So going immobile like that is a last ditch defense mechanism.

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