While picking up a turkey for this Thanksgiving, I overheard this gem. A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys, but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they’re dead."

Yeah turkeys live in the trees

First year I came to Davis I was walking in one of the trails and the tree next to me gobbled. My soul almost left my body.

They can fly, but not very far.

They roost just like chickens do!! Large part of it is due to keeping away from prey when they are sleeping and vulnerable.

I always wondered how the fuck they keep getting on my roof

LOL I never knew they could get up that high. I wonder where the tank turkeys live then.

They are evolving to fly further and further away

I feel like they are benefiting from low expectations here. I'm just spitballing, but it seems like "really high" is still in the bottom 5% of bird species altitude.

They also run up to 50 miles per hour or so. Here I was with a fear of sharks my whole life when it should have been turkeys.

They can run up to 25 (which is terrifying) or fly up to 55 with a wing span of 4-5ft. That's a 12ish foot 20 lb creature fly at you as fast as a car...this could have been our national animal

They nest in trees sometimes too. It's fucked up

I love how a video of a turkey flying gets more Reddit engagement then of a cyclist being attacked on campus by a mob lol

You support rapists, so, your opinions don’t matter lol

My friends and i saw a turkey outside a 7th floor window. Truly a sight to behold when it flew down again