Tracking the Wild Origins of the Modern Chicken | Part 1 | SLICE EARTH

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Inside the 2,072 km² jungles of Thailand, the Red Jungle Fowl remains a fierce, flight-capable ancestor to the modern chicken.

This excerpt follows the field mission to record these elusive birds, using bio-acoustic analysis to decode how 10,000 years of domestication transformed a jungle fighter into the world’s most successful bird.

Documentary: Chicken Planet
Director: Benoit Demarle
Production: Saint Thomas Productions (2016)