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.
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.
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!
Bailey > Jennifer
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.
Also they were the over fed industrial farmed ones
Frozen ones though?
If you throw em hard enough
