Do YOU speak chicken? Scientists say you can tell how birds are feeling based on their noises - so can you decipher these clucks?

From clucks to squawks and even'growling', the meanings behind chicken sounds have always been a mystery, even to farmers. Not any more, however, because artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Japan has finally been able to translate them – giving a unique insight into a chicken's wellbeing. Experts trained an AI model with about 100 hours of chicken recordings until it could identify with 80 per cent accuracy if a bird was happy, sad or frightened. The scientists used machine learning (ML), a specific subset of AI which allows systems to learn and come to informed conclusions. Audio clips released by the experts show the wide range of noises that the birds make – but can you identify a chicken's emotion as efficiently as an AI? Humans can look forward to more'meaningful' interactions with chickens thanks to the study results, according to researchers Mother hens are such caring parents that they'feel' their chicks' pain The research was led by Professor Adrian David Cheok at the the University of Tokyo, who is known for his expertise in the area of sex robots. 'It's a cluckin' great leap for science and this is just the beginning,' Professor Cheok said.