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A man in a chicken costume who follows typed commands is sweeping the Internet as part of a Burger King advertising campaign. The actor that appears, complete with a garter belt, responds to hundreds of typed commands, but stops short of pornography.

However, the chicken will obey a command to pee on the couch at the http://www.subservientchicken.com/ site.

The chicken also responds to commands to river dance, moonwalk, somersault and bullfight. The soundless site looks like one of many Web cam pornography sites where a user can type in a command and a person on the screen will follow it. However, ask the chicken to do a lewd act and it walks up to the camera and wags a scolding finger.

"The site is geared to reach out to the 20- and 30-year-olds that are difficult to reach with traditional advertising," said Blake Lewis, a spokesman for the Miami-based chain. There is little reference to Burger King, apart from a button to click for information on the BK Tendercrisp sandwich.