[Ditter]

Did you ever hear about the drowning in a heavy rain thing? After it happened at my house someone else told me they had heard of chickens drowning themselves in a rain storm.

[Verbosus]

I never heard of that, but would’ be surprised.

[Yardstick]

I’ve heard that before but found it unbelievable.

So you will pinky swear that these birds literally, truly drowned to death by looking up at the rain?

Seems like they would pass out, flop over, then start breathing through their mouth while unconscious, thus reviving themselves.

But they just keeled over and died?

[Daffynition]

The Henny-Penny effect.