The scientific name is Gallus domesticus.
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The genus Gallus is composed of four wild species, G. Gallus[RJF], G.
The Gallus Church was founded in 885,
and in 1123 it was dedicated to John the Baptist.
In 66 C. E., Roman armies under Cestius Gallus arrived in Jerusalem to quell a Jewish rebellion.
If so, it was only some five years later that Jerusalem
was surrounded by the encamped armies of Cestius Gallus.
As humans began to live in settlements alongside Gallus Gallus, Gallus sonneratii and other wild fowl,
they soon began domesticating them.
It is generally accepted that cockfighting began in Southeast Asia with a particularly
bloodthirsty jungle ancestor of today's chicken, Gallus Gallus.
At some point, India's wild and fierce Gallus sonneratii, the progenitor responsible for the modern chicken's yellow skin,
was interbred with the first.
There are 5 sub species of Gallus Gallus species,
G. Gallus species, G. g. Gallus,
G. g. spadiceus, G. g. bankiva, G. g. murghi and G. g.
Descended from some of the fiercest creatures ever to roam the planet,
the blood of today's Gallus domesticus carries all of the pride,
courage, fury and viciousness of its ancestors.
Before and after each loop, passengers see the quaint St. Gallus Church at a different angle- eye level, higher,
then higher still- without seeming to have made any forward progress.