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I believe it. Outside of the Beltway, there are few stupider mammals than sheep.
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supposedly, chickens are so dumb that they don't get to available shelter when it rains, instead often freezing to death.
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Wow, is that a real photo. It almost looks photoshopped
WRT chickens, they aren't too bad, although they do stay outside, albeit under their shelter, when it rains. They stay inside when it snows.
Turkeys on the other hand....
WRT chickens, they aren't too bad, although they do stay outside, albeit under their shelter, when it rains. They stay inside when it snows.
Turkeys on the other hand....
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We have wild turkeys where I live. I don't know how smart they are, but I was surprised to have it proved to me that one can outsprint me. It was less than a hundred meters before it came up on an area open enough to permit him to fly away.
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Details, pictures, video, please!enigmaT120 wrote:I was surprised to have it proved to me that one can outsprint me
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There's clearly a fence there. You can see the shadows of the posts, it's a wire fence.
Speaking of dumb animals... how about those crazy homo sapiens?
Speaking of dumb animals... how about those crazy homo sapiens?
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It's not only there - it's electrified.JamesR wrote:There's clearly a fence there. You can see the shadows of the posts, it's a wire fence.
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no kidding.. tell brute about it.JamesR wrote:Speaking of dumb animals... how about those crazy homo sapiens?
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The scary thing about wild turkeys is that they will stay on the ground as you are approaching them in a car until almost the last minute. It's sort of a miracle that I never hit anything bigger than a robin during my years of rural commuting.
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In outback oz people carry a wacking stick in their car to put larger creatures out of their misery post accident.7Wannabe5 wrote:The scary thing about wild turkeys is that they will stay on the ground as you are approaching them in a car until almost the last minute. It's sort of a miracle that I never hit anything bigger than a robin during my years of rural commuting.
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My time spent living in my little house on the prarie taught me neither are dumb if they are heritage breeds. Modern meat birds have had the brains nearly competely breed out of them. Guinea hens are the craziest creatures and imo just barely qualify as a domesticated creature.cmonkey wrote:Wow, is that a real photo. It almost looks photoshopped
WRT chickens, they aren't too bad, although they do stay outside, albeit under their shelter, when it rains. They stay inside when it snows.
Turkeys on the other hand....
I miss our poultry.
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If I'd been trying to record it, the difference would have been much worse. But as it was, he/she was just jogging fast enough to stay a good distance in front of me. I fear I did not really gain an idea of it's top speed. Like a short ostrich or something.jacob wrote:Details, pictures, video, please!enigmaT120 wrote:I was surprised to have it proved to me that one can outsprint me
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I loved the movie Freebirds.Laura Ingalls wrote:[ Modern meat birds have had the brains nearly competely breed out of them.
I raised chickens. Dumb, but they got awfully smart at dinner time. Mom and dad always wanted the hardest one to catch. Funny I can still smell that fetid odor of their blood and wet feathers.
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The last birds I butchered were of the dumb broiler variety. Dh and I butchered about 20 birds in about 5 hours so we didn't have to find anyone for chores while we were gone on a trip. Some of them needed a little"finish" work when we thawed them out later.
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My favorite quote from a tv show I never watched is "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
I'm not proud of my sense of humor.
I'm not proud of my sense of humor.