Sunday, April 6, 2008

Mutilated Beak

I found these two images side-by-side on UR-VEG, The Vegetarian Education Group at The University of Rochester.  
The caption read: "A diagram form the Handbook of Avian Anatomy shows that the sensory nerves in a hen's face extend nearly to the tip of her beak.  Compare this with a photo of a mutilated hen at Wegmans Egg Farm: nearly half of her beak has been burned off."

Poor hen!  But there are many questions that arise from this image, including the authenticity of this hen's snapshot.

1 comment:

E.S. Ouellette said...

that's kind of a powerful comparison... i imagine it would be a bit like break off a tooth deep into the root nerve. also a good point regarding the possible dubbing of the photo.