Turkeys circling a dead cat in Massachusetts. I'd get a bit creeped out if they were doing that to me.
http://whdh.com/news/wild-turkeys-caught-on-video-circling-dead-cat-in-randolph/ (http://whdh.com/news/wild-turkeys-caught-on-video-circling-dead-cat-in-randolph/)
Strange.
Quote from: Rapscallion Vermilion on March 02, 2017, 09:15:58 PM
Turkeys circling a dead cat in Massachusetts. I'd get a bit creeped out if they were doing that to me.
http://whdh.com/news/wild-turkeys-caught-on-video-circling-dead-cat-in-randolph/ (http://whdh.com/news/wild-turkeys-caught-on-video-circling-dead-cat-in-randolph/)
You'd be creeped out if they circled your dead body? I think it would make a heck of a funeral ceremony.
Reminds me of this video I watched of a hunt where they shot the boss gobbler and then a couple younger gobblers started pecking and kicking at the downed Tom.
Looks like a ritual dance of some sort. Thx for sharing.
My guess turkeys being inquisitive and this a predator and it not moving... dead they are just trying to figure it out safe to be around... then you get to circling, have you ever seen a flock of turkeys let's say crossing a downed log or going through an opening in a fence, it's just the "flock" thing, one is just following the one in front of it, and it created the circle... Just my guess
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They are in a Lufbery Circle.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14792602/turkeys-circling-dead-cat-animal-behavior-twitter-video?yptr=yahoo
I think that is either called a "turkey circle" or a "turkey jerk",...or maybe a combination of the two, I can't remember. ;D
I've seen them do this to a live coon. It's some sort of group predatory response
What a bunch of mass holes