Fun facts about turkeys...

[albacore]

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/

[underpants]

1. Can't really fly

Tests have proven.

[randr]

2. Wild turkey, of which we have dozens about

can certainly fly. They roost high up in trees.

[tandem5]

4. Yeah I just checked with the eleven wild turkeys in our backyard

they can fly, but they'll be back (ugh).

[abqtommy]

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]

5. and Les Nessman - WKRP

"As God is my witness ...."

[Whiskeytide]

7. Classic...

[smirkymonkey]

3. Did you know that they sleep in trees?

It was a trivia question at my work meeting the other day.

Who knew?