c/news · by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2y‘Injured’ Missouri bald eagle actually ‘too fat to fly’ after gorging on raccoon https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/28/bald-eagle-injured-raccoon251 points · 23 comments · view on lemmy.world
23 Comments
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 2y
Truly our national animal
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2y
People joke about how Benjamin Franklin wanted it to be the turkey.
He wasn't talking about the domesticated bird we normally eat at Thanksgiving.
He was talking about one of these dinosaurs:
And god help you if you get between a tom and one of his mates. Here's a wild turkey spur:
cygnus@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 2y
Yeah, no thanks. The only wild turkey I like is in a glass, served neat.
chickenf622@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
I prefer some rocks and a few dashes of bitters
andrewta@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
That is one horny devil
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Do be fair.
It’s hard to take them seriously when you’re watching them jump for crab apples they can’t quite reach.
Not that turkeys aren’t all around a better bird than the carrion scavenger.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Wild turkeys are so different than regular ones.
We should call them something different.
Maybe we could call them Türkies so we know the difference.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
There's always Wild Turkey. I hear it will fuck you up!
samus12345@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
And it wasn't even fresh food that he caught himself, it was roadkill. Apropos.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
An American knows better than to pass up free food 💪
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
* RFK enters the chat *
“Stop making fun of my bird!!”
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
This made me laugh so hard, thanks 😂
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 2y
Truly my spirit animal
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
Damn it, I came here to make pretty much the same comment.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
Lets go find a dead raccoon, bro.
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
screeches in approval
Prethoryn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Maybe you are also this commenters spirit animal. Now you have found each other eat them like your little raccoon.
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
'Murica!
SauceBossSmokin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Well it was Missouri after all. The raccoon was likely breaded and deep fried before the eagle ate it.
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
Oof. This is just what happens when you subject living beings to Missouri.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Majestic creatures.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
I finally understand why Americans feel represented by these majestic birds
MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y
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