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albacore

(2,561 posts) Fri Nov 20, 2020, 03:24 PM Nov 2020

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Fun 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 OP

Can't really fly underpants Nov 2020 #1

Wild turkey, of which we have dozens about randr Nov 2020 #2

Yeah I just checked with the eleven wild turkeys in our backyard tandem5 Nov 2020 #4

Never say never. Once when driving in northern Arizona I was startled by a wild turkey gliding abqtommy Nov 2020 #6

and Les Nessman - WKRP stopdiggin Nov 2020 #5

Classic... Whiskeytide Nov 2020 #7

Did you know that they sleep in trees? smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #3

underpants

(186,184 posts)

1. Can't really fly

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 03:29 PM

Nov 2020

Tests have proven.

randr

(12,462 posts)

2. Wild turkey, of which we have dozens about

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:07 PM

Nov 2020

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

Reply to randr (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:13 PM

Nov 2020

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

Reply to randr (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 05:18 PM

Nov 2020

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

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 05:09 PM

Nov 2020

"As God is my witness ...."

Whiskeytide

(4,502 posts)

7. Classic...

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 05:40 PM

Nov 2020

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

3. Did you know that they sleep in trees?

Reply to albacore (Original post)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 04:09 PM

Nov 2020

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

Who knew?

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