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
Nah, bald eagles are thieves & bullies.
We started eating them because they are 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.
wicked fast
Are you from Boston?
I am not.
Wicked pissa.
I am from the 80’s and 90’s, when “wicked” was a commonly used adjective in pop culture.
They’re plummetting to earth like sacks of wet cement!
Turkeys can fly! Up to 50 mph!
A lot of people in this thread claiming that turkeys can fly, are not realizing that in context of this meme the turkeys were tossed from a helicopter. Makes a difference.
Frozen ones though?
