CROSSING GUARD: This very responsible turkey halted traffic on a two-lane road

[littlemissmartypants]

CROSSING GUARD: This very responsible turkey halted traffic on a two-lane road in New Hampshire until the entire flock was able to cross. https://t.co/JdDi1aoEni https://t.co/3I6WcPBrZp

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. What a turkey!! Ha heh!! nt

[democratisphere]

2. Glad drivers were respectful of the turkeys crossing the road.

I live in an area where people will nearly run over birds attempting to cross the road. Jerks.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Well, there are more and more states allowing the scavenging and eating of roadkill, after all. nt

[handmade34]

3. what a gentleman!!

[littlemissmartypants]

5. I thought so, I wonder how many of the harem passed ahead of the start of the filming...nt

[IronLionZion]

4. Any real leader would put the flock first and look out for them

terrible leaders would go on angry twitter rants at 3 AM

[wysimdnwyg]

7. Turkeys are very cognizant of traffic

While out riding my motorcycle one day, I came upon a mother turkey with several chicks about to cross the road. She turned them back until I passed. I then stopped and watched her usher the chicks across.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. So cool. I've never seen baby turkeys. Thanks for sharing, wysimdnwyg. nt

[Karadeniz]

17. Those babies might be the females in his harem.

[KT2000]

9. as a one time school patrol

I salute him!!

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Me too, KT2000. Thanks for your support.

:bigsmileyfaceemoji:
Here^

[rickyhall]

11. Used to raise domestic turkeys which are dumber than wild turkeys.

When they were chicks we raised them with chicken chicks because they would forget to pull their heads out the waterer and drown if not for the pushy chickens.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Wow, interesting. I have heard "the bigger the belly, the smaller the brain" but I didn't know

It also applies to turkeys.

[Laffy Kat]

13. Just turkeys and presidents. nt

[tavernier]

14. ...

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Yep. Apparently. nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. I love wild turkeys! They're hilarious!! 😆 💚

[littlemissmartypants]

19. I love them too, Blanche.

I like watching them and the harems slowly making their way, through the field into the woods, in their little family units. They seem so calm and oblivious.

[flyingfysh]

18. I have seen geese block traffic near Boston

We often see Canada geese around here, and a few times I have seen them walk across a highway, blocking traffic. But they always do it single file, with a couple of yards in between them, and always walking slowly.

There is the famous children's book Make Way for Ducklings, where a momma duck blocks traffic, assisted by a policeman, while the ducklings walk across the road, on their way to the pond in the Public Garden. The book is based on an actual incident, and in the Public Garden there are statues of the duck and ducklings.