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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFun facts about turkeys...
A DUer posted a like to a story "Fun facts about turkeys", but the link was dead.
I found another link to that VITAL story.
(I know this isn't the lounge... but... c'mon... we can't focus on the Malignant Mango all the time or we'd go nuts.)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-turkeys-665520/
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Fun facts about turkeys... (Original Post)
albacore
Nov 2020
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underpants
(186,184 posts)1. Can't really fly
Tests have proven.
randr
(12,462 posts)2. Wild turkey, of which we have dozens about
can certainly fly. They roost high up in trees.
tandem5
(2,077 posts)4. Yeah I just checked with the eleven wild turkeys in our backyard
they can fly, but they'll be back (ugh).
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)6. Never say never. Once when driving in northern Arizona I was startled by a wild turkey gliding
above me from my left to my right. It was big! And I've seen common chickens roosting
high up in trees. No wonder I don't trust most "experts"!
stopdiggin
(12,638 posts)5. and Les Nessman - WKRP
"As God is my witness ...."
Whiskeytide
(4,502 posts)7. Classic...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. Did you know that they sleep in trees?
It was a trivia question at my work meeting the other day.
Who knew?