Have you ever seen a turkey smackdown?
I hadn’t, and to be honest….
I’m not anxious to see it again.
When there’s snow on the ground, we get wild turkey visitors. They come in for the bird seed that falls under the feeders and while the husband will shoo them off due to the copious amounts of poo they leave behind….
I usually enjoy their comical turkey antics.
Until yesterday.
When it turned into a brawl.
It went on for what seemed like forever.
Two combatants, who I assume were males fighting for spring mating rites…
Went at it hard and heavy.
They bounced, and flew, and scrambled, and chased each other all over the back yard…
Until this happened.
Not sure if you can tell by the picture…
By one bird literally had his beak down the throat of the other.
They seemed to be stuck… and were thrashing like crazy.
It was horrible to watch.
While I usually don’t interfere in nature, after what seemed like an eternity I finally went outside and made some noise.
It startled them and thankfully they broke apart.
I’m sorry, but no amount of sex is worth that!
I believe it.
Damn!
Those little buggers are mean.
River's world..... 
My dad raised fighting chickens when I was a boy and, if one would get out of his pen, he fight the others through the wire until one of them died and then move onto the next one if the dead one wasn’t him. It wasn’t pleasant to watch, definitely.
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How awful. That’s definitely the dark side of the funny little birds I know and love.
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So what you’re saying is that turkeys are turkeys– and you have the power to make them be less turkey-ish. I’m in awe.
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Turkeys are goofy… but they can be very dangerous. Up here they attack and kill cats and small dogs.
A horny male turkey? Lock your doors!
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Turkeys are nasty. A Tom once attacked my son when he was like 4. I won’t have them around.
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They can be… thankfully we only have for a month or two.
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It is called testosterone poisoning. Very common around here, especially in bar parking lots.
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Testosterone, making life more interesting since 1935.
(Yes, that’s the year it was discovered. No, I shouldn’t know that.. but I do.)
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Quite the brawl!
Especially considering that no alcohol was involved.
Glad they didn’t have guns!
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You and me both!
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Oh puhleeze, don’t you know a French Turkey Kiss when you see oen?!?!?!?
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If that was a kiss… I’d hate to see what comes next!
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That’s awesome. Not all of us get to witness a wild turkey fight!
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It was quite something… in a disturbing sort of way.
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I now feel ready to watch the final season of Game of Thrones. Thank you, turkeys, for desensitizing me.
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Ha!
My own private backyard GOT…
😉
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Sex and violence… sounds about right!
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All I need are dragons.
Hmmm….
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Saw a wild Turkey in California was, it was particularly aggressive
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They can be very territorial… and aggressive as hell when it’s mating season. I’ve had friends whose small dogs and cats have been attacked in their backyards, but this was the first time we’ve seen any fight. Most of the time they’re just comical.
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*once
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