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Postal workers attacked by wild turkeys
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| 4/7/08
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Posted on 04/07/2008 6:10:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:11:15 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:11:55 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: KoRn
Wild Turkeys Go Postal!
Film at 11
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:12:47 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:13:12 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(It takes a father to raise a child.)
They tried water pistols to initially repel the turkeys, that doesn’t shoosh them like it used to .. the turkeys like the spritzes they’re getting.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:14:33 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
ding ding ding we have a winner.
To: NormsRevenge
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...” - Mr. Carlson.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:15:37 PM PDT
by
meyer
(Still conservative, no longer Republican)
To: KoRn
I suffered a wild turkey attack somewhere within a couple hours after graduation ceremonies.
Fortunately the camera captured an image of my attacker:
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:18:42 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
To: NormsRevenge
Those turkeys need some basting!
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:20:16 PM PDT
by
aviator
(Armored Pest Control)
looks like fingers and drumsticks are pointing both ways as to what brought this on.. some folks may have been feeding these “ wild” turkeys..
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..the behavior is clearly tied to the breeding season, which started recently and runs through about mid-May.
Color plays an important role in turkey breeding, he said, with the color of the male’s head during mating season changes from gaudy blue to white to red. Lobner speculated that perhaps the turkeys are attracted to the red, white and blue postal trucks.
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Part of the problem, Lobner said, is that residents around Owen Conservation Park around the Parkwood Hills neighborhood may be feeding the turkeys, which makes the birds less afraid of humans.
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The eagle on the mail trucks probably needs to be bigger
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:21:19 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:22:54 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
To: NormsRevenge
["Color plays an important role in turkey breeding, he said, with the color of the male's head during mating season changes from gaudy blue to white to red. Lobner speculated that perhaps the turkeys are attracted to the red, white and blue postal trucks. "]
There are wild turkeys all over here. Last month I saw one running around a parked car about 500 times because it thought it's reflection in the glossy grey paint was a rival bird. I think their brains are about the size of a small raisin.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:23:53 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
To: NormsRevenge
Part of the problem, Lobner said, is that residents around Owen Conservation Park around the Parkwood Hills neighborhood may be feeding the turkeys, which makes the birds less afraid of humans. He said pamphlets have been circulated in the neighborhood to discourage people from feeding the birds. It never pays to feed wild animals.
The suburban dweller has come to think that all animals are pets they havent met yet.
People have become plain stupid about animals.
Animals are not people and they dont think like people. Wild animals can not be turned in to pets. He who tries risk his health and his life.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:24:25 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: xcamel
lol.. damn,, that thing could put an eye out..
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:25:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
I almost posted that one...
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:27:46 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
To: NormsRevenge
The best "watch dogs" I ever had were geese.
Don't laugh....they're good at it, and nobody really knows how to deal with an angry goose.
I came back from an out-of-town trip late one night and was trying to quietly slip past the gate to my back door without waking anyone up.
The fact that I was sneaking seemed to trigger their response and I suddenly have three large adult geese thumping me with their wing 'knuckles' (if you've been around geese, you know that one), biting and hissing at me and making a huge fuss that woke up the whole house. Even after they recognized me, the geese were still suspicious.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:28:46 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
To: NormsRevenge
Time for an early Thanksgiving....
This is also what happens when suburbia feeds the animals. When the larger animal species loses their fear of people and associates them with food instead of danger, we have trouble. Mating season is especially dangerous. Tom's tough, and people forget that until taloned, pecked, hit with wings, etc.
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:31:25 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:32:38 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(New York Times Endorsed!!!)
To: xcamel
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posted on
04/07/2008 6:35:13 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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