Helmets fail to save chickens from falling durians on Taiwan farm

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/07/23
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese netizen posted photos of a cute helmet designed to protect his grandfather's chickens from falling durians, but it apparently failed to have the desired effect.

On Tuesday (July 21), Taiwanese Facebook user Lim Sheng Chieh posted a photo of a tiny green helmet and wrote that many of his grandfather's chickens on his farm had recently been killed by falling durians. His solution was to attach tiny helmets to the chickens, and he included a photo of one of the farmed fowl with one strapped on.

Unfortunately, he wrote that his efforts were fruitless, as he shared a photo of one of the fowl flattened by the smelly, spiked fruit. The post soon gained 3,700 likes, 5,700 shares, and 3,700 comments:    [FULL  STORY]