Sort of lol. The story stems from his writing a letter to a cousin, I think, where it was mostly in jest about how the Bald Eagle is a thief, and a turkey would fight anything (because they are fucking stupid. I’ve seen Tom’s peck and kick at their own reflection in a Ford Explorer door).
We live in an area where we have huge groups of turkeys come through our yard. Our dog spotted them and barked, sending 30 of them into the trees around us, which was something I’ll never forget, lol.
Also, the babies are super cute to see running around.
To be fair, the turkey he wanted to be the national bird was not the fat and stupid kind people eat for dinner, it was the angry dinosaur that was around in his day. I still see them around here. They have spurs on their legs that would rip your stomach open if it wanted to do it. You don’t want to fuck with a wild tom.
Benny Franklin wanted the Turkey to be our national bird. He felt it was a noble breed. Stupid, but noble.
iirc, it wasn’t named natl. bird bcs you cant eat the natl. bird, and we uh, we like eating turkeys
Sort of lol. The story stems from his writing a letter to a cousin, I think, where it was mostly in jest about how the Bald Eagle is a thief, and a turkey would fight anything (because they are fucking stupid. I’ve seen Tom’s peck and kick at their own reflection in a Ford Explorer door).
Can confirm. Tom attacked my Volvo.
+1 classic Tom
They are also rather graceful.
But, I say turkey because, like. Have you ever seen them jumping to get at apples/crab apples?
It’s freaking amazing.
We live in an area where we have huge groups of turkeys come through our yard. Our dog spotted them and barked, sending 30 of them into the trees around us, which was something I’ll never forget, lol.
Also, the babies are super cute to see running around.
I should note… Bald Eagle’s aren’t all bad…
Though I will say if it was a turkey on the perch… Trump would have been wearing several maxipads the next day.
To be fair, the turkey he wanted to be the national bird was not the fat and stupid kind people eat for dinner, it was the angry dinosaur that was around in his day. I still see them around here. They have spurs on their legs that would rip your stomach open if it wanted to do it. You don’t want to fuck with a wild tom.
Nah he wanted the turkey because it is clever and resourceful. The bald eagle is a scavenger and not particularly clever. Turkeys are smart.
I bet if that had happened we would all eat eagles on thanksgiving!