• @HexadecimalSky
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    145 hours ago

    iirc, it wasn’t named natl. bird bcs you cant eat the natl. bird, and we uh, we like eating turkeys

    • @[email protected]
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      95 hours ago

      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).

      • @Botzo
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        53 hours ago

        Can confirm. Tom attacked my Volvo.

      • FuglyDuck
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        23 hours ago

        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.