Pterodactyls Turkeys

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:17 pm

This morning I went for my usual Sunday morning hike and inadvertently came too close to a turkey nest full of eggs. It was covered by brush and I didnâ€™t see it but mama turkey saw me and flew up at me out of the blue and it startled the dickens out of me!!

I wasnâ€™t expecting it and clear out of nowhere, brown feathers and talons were hurling towards me in a menacing manner. For a few brief moments, until my thoughts cleared, I thought I was being attacked by a Pterodactyl!! What ?? .... it could happen!! Ha ha! You wouldnâ€™t think a normally passive animal could be so scary but she had the advantage of maternal outrage plus the element of surprise ... otherwise I probably could have taken her. Okay, probably not but at least I would have conducted myself with perhaps a little more dignity instead of shrieking wildly and flailing my arms around as I retreated in a run in the other direction.

This is what it looked like at first:

This is what it looked after:

But donâ€™t be deceived by the mild appearance, she meant business!! :yh_chickn

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:02 pm

That's a very strong resemblance, I'd probably scream and flail too. Don't they have sharp hooks on their legs?

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:05 pm

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tabby · Post by **tabby** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:17 am

Omg, that could do some damage! I don't know if the turkeys here have spurs or not and not sure I want to get close enough to check! They're in mating season now and when I step outside I can hear them off in the woods doing their mating calls. An irate mother or a lovesick tom ... I can't wait until they go back to their usual docile selves! Gobble gobble!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:55 am

Maternal outrage, gotta love it!!

I've been dive bombed by bluejays a time or three... not

nearly the scare you had of course... I usually just smile

and how hard they are working to protect their babies!

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:17 pm

I had a cornered skunk charge me once....he won. I ran away.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:48 pm

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:51 pm

hahaha!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:32 am

I'm just impressed that you could spell Pterodactyls, I copied and pasted it.

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:09 am

I can spell cassowary too ... now that is one bad-ass bird!

Cassowary, worlds most dangerous bird | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

Invasion of the Cassowaries | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

They can eviscerate you in a flash!