text/Farmers are crazy too
Chickens are a baby bump for farmers, whether it is a hen or a rooster that can't lay eggs. In rural areas, in the past few years, every household basically raised several hens, and some families also raised a rooster. Although the rooster does not lay eggs, its importance is self-evident.
First of all, the farmers need the rooster to crow. After the rooster crows three times, the farmer friends will get up to work. Today, every family has an alarm clock and a watch, so there are fewer roosters. Secondly, although the rooster does not lay eggs, the hen cannot do without it. In the past, the chickens raised by farmers were hatched from their own hens. If there is no rooster, the hens can lay eggs, but such eggs cannot hatch chicks. At the same time, there is another role, that is, the rooster will protect the hen and the chicks. Some roosters are so aggressive that they are not even afraid of people. When they encounter someone bullying the chicks, they will take the initiative to attack them. Why do some roosters become more ferocious after eating centipedes? Are they poisoned? Hear what the old farmer said that
centipede is very common in rural areas. It is easy to see centipedes in some old houses, piles of dead leaves, and some relatively humid places. As one of the five poisons in the folk, children in rural areas know that centipedes are poisonous, and they usually stay away when they see it. If bitten by it, although it will not be fatal, it is really painful. However, this animal also has natural enemies, that is, the big rooster. The centipede encountered a rooster, just like a mouse saw a cat, and they all wanted to run away and hide. But most of them can't escape the rooster's pointed mouth. It only takes a few strokes to peck the centipede to the ground, and then it is eaten into the stomach.
When I was a child, I also heard the old man talk about it, don't feed the big cock centipede, otherwise it will easily become very fierce. At the time, he didn't think so, but thought it was an adult's trick. Later, after seeing a big rooster of five or six years in the family eating a centipede, his temperament changed drastically. This big cock is a bit fierce and aggressive. He often bullies strangers, especially children, by running after them. And after seeing it eat a big centipede, it not only bullied the stranger, but even the owner pecked, often chasing people to peck. Did the rooster get poisoned after eating the centipede?
We all know that centipede is toxic, but it can be used as medicine. The history of its use as medicine is quite long. The farmer speculates that some roosters will become more ferocious after eating centipedes. The main reason is that some components in the centipedes affect the secretion of hormones in their bodies, which promotes the secretion of certain hormones in the roosters. In fact, this is not because the rooster is poisoned. When the rooster eats the centipede, it will not be poisoned. Instead, it will use the toxin in the centipede to synthesize a certain hormone, which leads to the imbalance of hormone secretion in the body and becomes more powerful. As for producing a stronger sense of combat. But not every chicken can change its temperament drastically after eating centipedes, and most roosters will not show any abnormal behavior after eating centipedes.
I heard from the older generations that in the past, if you were accidentally bitten by a centipede, you just need to grab a large domestic cock, then lift the cock upside down, and put a small amount of cotton in its mouth. After a while After being moistened by the rooster's saliva, apply it to the place where the centipede will be on, so that it can detoxify the centipede. When I was a child, I did see some people doing this to help children detoxify centipedes, but I didn’t know whether there was a scientific basis. What do you think about this? (Image source network)
