X-rays show flightless bird found near Springfield was not wounded, but full of roadkill raccoon
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
    441·
    4 months ago

    People joke about how Benjamin Franklin wanted it to be the turkey.

    He wasn’t talking about the domesticated bird we normally eat at Thanksgiving.

    He was talking about one of these dinosaurs:

    And god help you if you get between a tom and one of his mates. Here’s a wild turkey spur:

    • cygnus
      293·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, no thanks. The only wild turkey I like is in a glass, served neat.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Do be fair.

      It’s hard to take them seriously when you’re watching them jump for crab apples they can’t quite reach.

      Not that turkeys aren’t all around a better bird than the carrion scavenger.

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 months ago

      Wild turkeys are so different than regular ones.

      We should call them something different.

      Maybe we could call them Türkies so we know the difference.