Who are you calling chicken? Daft cockerel headbutts a shiny tricycle as he picks a fight with his own reflection
- Cockerel has been filmed shaking his feathers and smacking into a tricycle
- He picks a fight with his reflection seen in the bike in Santa Rosa, Philippines
- Animals reactions to their own reflection has been a subject of various studies
This is the hilarious moment a cockerel is filmed smacking his head into a shiny tricycle as he picks a fight with his own reflection.
In the bizarre clip, the chicken slowly edges closer towards the bike and shakes its orange feathers.
Seconds later, the cockerel leaps forward and slams into the tricycle in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
A cockerel has been filmed shaking his feathers and launching himself into a shiny tricycle after seeing his own reflection in the Philippines
The cockerel was left unnerved by the sight of himself in a backyard and left the cameraman in hysterics
He erratically waves and flaps his wings before repeating his jump into the dirt bike, in the baffling clip shared on November 20.
Appearing to grow increasingly riled up, the farm animal stands poised and gives the tricycle a hard stare.
The cockerel lowers himself and makes small, short leaps towards the bike while staring at himself.
With a dramatic leap into the tricycle, the chicken bounces off and is knocked backwards.
The farm animal appeared relentless in his battle against his own reflection in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Moments later, the cockerel shakes his head as though the game is over and slowly wanders away.
The chicken pauses for a second and turns around as if it is trying to check no one saw the encounter.
Appearing seemingly paranoid after the encounter, the cockerel checks behind him before wandering on
This is one of many examples where animals have got the fright of their life from seeing their reflection.
In Sweden, a german shepherd cross-breed was filmed extending its paw to a mirror after catching a glimpse of itself and left its owner in hysterics, in April.
Meanwhile wildlife snapper Mark Fernley, captured a jaguar and puma jumping out of their skin after he set up a mirror in the Amazon rainforest.
Photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre carried out a similar study and set up a mirror in several locations to test animals reactions to their own reflection, in 2015.
He found most displayed aggressive behaviour except a few primates which showed human-like recognition.