• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    One time long ago I stayed up all night tripping lsd on a ranch and at dawn befriended turkeys who flew down out of the trees to eat grasshoppers etc. Damn near thought we were for real communicating

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        The “flightless” livestock birds like Turkeys, peacocks and chickens can still produce enough lift to roost in a tree and get back down.

        It’s pretty trippy when you see a tree full of chickens and you bring the corn out.

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        Yea well they spread their wings and glide down and flap a lil bit right at the end. First time I ever saw that. These ones weren’t super big and fat like your typical picture of a huge Turkey though. They slept up in the tree to be safe from predators like coyotes and rattlesnakes.

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        Less of a graceful defiance of gravity, more like doing pull-ups without a bar. Like they figured out how to double-jump and it takes some work.