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To: Red Badger

In fact, turkeys can be just as vicious as geese and swans, from what I hear.


9 posted on 08/10/2023 7:05:55 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: No name given

A classmate of mine in Jr High was attacked by a Swan and it broke his forearm. Those wings are powerful.


11 posted on 08/10/2023 7:08:14 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: No name given

Yes. Turkeys are.

From WIKI:

Human conflicts with wild turkeys
Turkeys have been known to be aggressive toward humans and pets in residential areas.[31] Wild turkeys have a social structure and pecking order and habituated turkeys may respond to humans and animals as they do other turkeys. Habituated turkeys may attempt to dominate or attack people that the birds view as subordinates.[32]

In 2017, the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, recommended a controversial approach when confronted with wild turkeys. Besides taking a step forward to intimidate the birds, officials also suggested “making noise (clanging pots or other objects together); popping open an umbrella; shouting and waving your arms; squirting them with a hose; allowing your leashed dog to bark at them; and forcefully fending them off with a broom”.[33] This advice was quickly rescinded and replaced with a caution that “being aggressive toward wild turkeys is not recommended by State wildlife officials.”[34]


15 posted on 08/10/2023 7:11:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: No name given

The former will bite and try to beat you with their wings. A tom turkey will try to spur you, and their spurs may be pretty filthy.


17 posted on 08/10/2023 7:14:36 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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