Did you ever wonder why dogs chase vehicles or chickens scratch the ground?

Are you a curious person? Do you stay up late at night thinking about why animals behave the way they do? Specifically have you every wondered why dogs chase vehicles or chickens scratch the ground? If so, today your questions will be answered and tonight you will sleep well with your curiosity quenched.

Well, I hope this will be the case after you hear some of the stories my Turkana helpers have shared with me that help explain certain animal behaviours. These stories have been passed down to them by their parents, grandparents, and other relatives and friends.

Today I want to share two of those stories with you all. I hope you enjoy them.

The Chicken and the Eagle

The Chicken and the Eagle were friends. One day the Chicken asked the Eagle if she could borrow his razor blade, as she needed to shave the necks of her baby chicks. The Eagle loaned her the razor blade and said he would return in a few days to collect it. The Chicken used the razor blade and a few days passed. However, when the Eagle returned the Chicken could not find the razor blade. The Eagle was upset and said that every day when he returned, if the Chicken did not have the razor blade to give back to him, he would take one of her baby chicks. 

So that is why, even today, you see chickens scratching the ground (they are looking for the razor blade), and you see eagles snatching the baby chicks!

                                                   The Dog, the Goat, and the Camel

Click HERE to listen to the story about why these animals behave as they do around vehicles.




This was narrated by my helper, Paul Lokaliban, who is pictured at the right (note that is a still picture, please click above to listen.)




Below I have included a transcript, in case you need some help with the accent.

Once upon a time, three animals met at a station to board a vehicle to a certain destination.

That was the camel, the goat, and the dog. At the station the dog gave extra money and wanted back its money from the driver. The goat never gave and agreed with the driver to give money when she will alight at the station. The camel gave enough money that was needed and never added anything.

Reaching the destination, the vehicle stopped. The dog remained behind and requested the money back that was extra. The goat ran so quickly so that it could not be seen. The camel just walked comfortable because  it knew that it had given all the money that was needed and never wanted anything back again.

We see here that the driver never gave the dog money, because it thought now they were in company, and the money that it needed back was that of the goat.

That is why, when you see the three animals on the way you see that the camels are not moving from the road they are comfortable, they know there is nothing the driver needs from them. The goat will just move far from the vehicle because they know they will be demanded back the money it never paid, and the dog will keep following the vehicle  to be given the extra money on top of the fare.