beware the roosters.

Roosters should go deaf, given the decibel levels of their iconic cock-a-doodle-doo. The fat that they don’t caused some researchers from Belgium to look into why. They discovered that when a rooster opens its mouth all the way, their external auditory canals completely close off like, creating a perfect little earplug.

The evolutionary theory is that as roosters got louder and louder to warn other roosters to stay away from their hens, their ears evolved to enable them to be louder without hurting themselves.

Social media is filled with a bunch of roosters these days with their shrill high decibel annoying calls every morning, afternoon, and evening. Chances are pretty high they don’t even notice the volume of their own calls.

Chances are also high there isn’t going to be some future epiphany where they realize the annoyance of their daily routine. Rather than wait for them to stop, it’s probably better to start finding ways to be mute them if we don't like them.