Cock of the walk! Rooster moves like a human to amazement of its owner

  • Cockerel in China walks bolt upright and moves more like a human
  • Owner bought the bird from a farmer for 10,000 yuan (nearly £1,000)
  • Rooster has been a hit in the Chinese city of Jinhua where it lives in zoo

By Julian Robinson

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With its back straight and its head held high, he is the cockerel intent on walking tall.

Rather than scratching around in a farmyard and pecking at the ground like any normal rooster, this very special bird struts around bolt upright - walking more like a human.

Its strange stance and human-like walk has amazed residents in the Chinese city of Jinhua where the creature is kept in a zoo.

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Walking tall: The rooster has been turning heads in the Chinese city of Jinhua with its unusual upright stance

Walking tall: The rooster has been turning heads in the Chinese city of Jinhua with its unusual upright stance

Using its height to its advantage and with its distinctive human-like walking technique, the rooster peers over the rim of a bucket

Using its height to its advantage and with its distinctive human-like walking technique, the rooster peers over the rim of a bucket

 

The rooster is likely to have suffered from osteochondrosis, which stops normal bone growth, at birth forcing it to walk upright more like a penguin.

Despite this, the cockerel seems to have no difficulty balancing as it shuffles along.

The owner of the unusual bird, Zong Jianping, said he bought it from a farmer in a village in Anhui Province.

Anything you can do: The rooster adopts its familiar upright walking style and shuffles along the street next to a man

Anything you can do: The rooster adopts its familiar upright walking style and shuffles along the street next to a man

The cockerel's owner has sent the three-year-old bird to a zoo as he had no experience of keeping poultry and wanted more people to see the strange creature

The cockerel's owner has sent the three-year-old bird to a zoo as he had no experience of keeping poultry and wanted more people to see the strange creature

The rooster is likely to have suffered from osteochondrosis, which stops normal bone growth, at birth forcing it to walk upright more like a penguin

The rooster is likely to have suffered from osteochondrosis, which stops normal bone growth, at birth forcing it to walk upright more like a penguin

Reports suggest he paid a massive 10,000 yuan (nearly £1,000) during a business trip last month.

But according to local news reports, Zong decided to send the three-year-old bird to a zoo - as he had no experience of keeping poultry.

Despite the huge outlay he said he was pleased that more people were able to see his bizarre pet.

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