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U.S. Janet B.

On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:54:33 -0500, wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 Leo wrote:
>>On 2019 Nov 22, , Mike_Duffy wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> > [...] one of the worst thing you can do to a turkey.
>>>
>>> Apparently, one should also not drop them from airplanes.
>>
>>“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
>
>Actually wild turkeys can fly but only short distances... each evening
>at dusk they fly straight up about 20' to lower tree branches where
>they spend the night... each morning at dawn they fly down. They like
>to spend nights in the large Norway spruce trees that line my forest
>path. The turkeys one typically buys from markets can't fly, they are
>bred to have enormaus Hollywood breasts
>
>Oh, those with frozen turkeys NOW is the time to take them from the
>freezer and put them in the fridge to defrost.

wild turkeys are becoming urbanized. There are many stories in the
news about territorial turkeys taking on the mailman, homeowners,
dogs, etc.. Apparently they can be quite fierce if they challenge
you.
Janet US