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Yes, I’m in the USA.
Wild turkeys fly very short distances, kinda like a jump on the moon. They freak out and sling feathers everywhere, travel in groups, and collectively make a fuck-ton of noise.
I’m pretty sure we started eating them just to shut them the fuck up.
collectively make a fuck-ton of noise
Wow, they really are the perfect mascot for the US
Benjamin Franklin thought so too.
https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/national-bird
We started eating them because they are delicious.
Turkey tastes like packing material. We started eating them because we were starving in the wilderness.
Damn, you've either had horrible turkeys, or you have delicious packing material. That said, I read in The Tenth Legion, which is a book by a legendary turkey hunter, that compared to wild turkey, farmed turkeys taste like compressed cardboard. So I guess you're onto something. Try a free-range turkey next time, or a wild turkey if you're able.
Someone was just posting yesterday about how wild turkeys taste like shit compared to farmed turkeys.
They have almost no fat, so you have to cook them correctly or they're awful. But if you cook them correctly they're delicious.
They can fly, but more so to get up in a tree than to go somewhere. Source is that I used to have turkeys until some stray dogs killed them all.
They will definitely fly to get away. They can fly 50 mph, which is crazy for a 30 lb bird.
Yeah I meant like they're not gonna fly long distances
That's true, but I think it's amazing that they can fly at all, let alone fly wicked fast.
You'd have to fly that fast if their wingspan isn't large enough. Would probably have to be like 20-30 ft for a 30 lb bird.
Turkeys can fly! Up to 50 mph!
Maybe not far, but they can. I’ve seen a pack? Gaggle? Fly over a fence. I’ve seen one fly up into a tree as well
Source: there’s turkeys all over my city
Wild turkeys can fly short distances. Domesticated turkeys can't because they've been bred to have huge breasts
breasts
Like big ol bags of sand.
Hubba hubba
I have huge breasts, Greg. Could you breed me?
👉👈
They're plummetting to earth like sacks of wet cement!
Frozen ones though?
If you throw em hard enough
Bailey > Jennifer
I was blown away when I first saw a wild chicken fly. I always thought they were flightless because I had only seen domesticated chickens up to that point.
Wild turkeys can also fly, and those things are all over Mariposa.
I'm even in Cincinnati!