From the chicken crossing the road, to the rubber chicken, our avian friend has been a staple of comedy for years. But what is it that attracts us to them? Is it because they’re descended from dinosaurs? Do we feel we must ridicule them to hide our own fear of extinction? Covering up our basic fear of death by insulting a harmless animal?

Or is it because they walk like real assholes? I guess we’ll never know.