• @PugJesus
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    765 months ago

    Truly our national animal

    • Flying SquidOP
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      435 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:

      • @andrewta
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        85 months ago

        That is one horny devil

      • FuglyDuck
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        5 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
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        75 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.

        • @jordanlund
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          45 months ago

          There’s always Wild Turkey. I hear it will fuck you up!

    • @samus12345
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      125 months ago

      And it wasn’t even fresh food that he caught himself, it was roadkill. Apropos.

      • @PugJesus
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        165 months ago

        An American knows better than to pass up free food 💪

        • FuglyDuck
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          5 months ago

          * RFK enters the chat *

          “Stop making fun of my bird!!”