Think you know everything about how a wild animal — or wild bird — reacts? Well, (for the umpteenth time) think again: a decoy turkey was placed out in Michigan, and Jake the Turkey didn’t take too kindly to it. The decoy’s owner tried to save the decoy and then (WATCH)…
But it isn’t only Americans who have had problems with wild turkeys:
Here’s a video from 2013:
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.