Rooster other calls as well, and can cluck, similar to the hen. Roosters occasionally make a patterned series of clucks to attract hens to a source of food, the same way a mother hen does for her chicks. Rooster crowing contests are a traditional sport in several countries, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, Indonesia and Japan. The oldest contests are held with longcrowers. Depending on the breed, either the duration of the crowing or the times the rooster crows within a certain time is measured. A capon is a castrated rooster. In the caponization procedure, the bird's
Spell My Name with an S Spell My Name with an S "Spell My Name with an S" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the January 1958 (and only) issue of "Star Science Fiction" under the title "S as in Zebatinsky", and was reprinted in the 1959 collection "Nine Tomorrows" under Asimov's original title. The story was inspired by Asimov's frustration with the frequent misspelling of his name as "Azimov". Although the story is seldom anthologised or otherwise referred to, it is arguably his finest intellectual effort because of its ingenious and believable use of the