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In reply to the discussion: As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly... [View all]teddy51
(3,491 posts)7. Apparently wild turkeys can fly for very short distances in bursts of speed up to 55mph.
http://www.livescience.com/7630-5-surprising-turkey-facts.html
Funny as hell, my aunt and uncle used to own a turkey farm and I never knew they didn't fly.
Funny as hell, my aunt and uncle used to own a turkey farm and I never knew they didn't fly.
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Apparently wild turkeys can fly for very short distances in bursts of speed up to 55mph.
teddy51
Nov 2012
#7
My daughter and I have watched that episode at Thanksgiving for 22 years.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2012
#12
As an animal advocate I shouldn't laugh at all - but that episode has always cracked me up
jsmirman
Nov 2012
#21
Guess I found it funny enough back before I thought much about things like that
jsmirman
Nov 2012
#26
They didn't REALLY drop turkeys...they just described what it would look like.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#39
I was going through some dvds today and one was from a Keith Olbermann segment about Sarah Palin
libinnyandia
Nov 2012
#28