#MetalMonday:
Lamp in the Shape of a #Rooster
Early Byzantine (Egypt?), 6th-7th c.
Bronze, cast & chased, 11 x 13.5 cm (4 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
On display at @DumbartonOaks
“The rooster is a rare shape and may not have any references beyond its similarity in shape to the peacock and its associations with sunrise - the start of daylight.” #BirdsInArt
I think I am going to need to clip Fricassee's wings. He's refusing to stay put and he's too good of a flyer.
I can probably do a very minimal clip, he's not that great of a flyer, and I just need to keep him INSIDE HIS RUN. So can probably get by with a mild cut on 2-4 or so flight feathers on each side.
On the importance of ecologically relevant protocols when studying animal cognition. The chicken passed a cleverly modified version of the mirror test for self-recognition.
📄 Hillemacher et al (2023) Roosters do not warn the bird in the mirror: The cognitive ecology of mirror self-recognition. PLoS ONE 18:e0291416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291416
The new rooster is getting all grown up, and after a brief protest was receptive to some attention. He was sitting in the coup run because he lost track of his siblings who were on the other side of the house.