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>> I'm not sure if the turkeys can read, but they have good eyesight and a
>> pretty good memory. Also contrary to popular myth, turkeys can fly.
>>
> If that's the case then why did the turkey's that Arthur Carlson had thrown
> out of airplanes crash and die?
>
>


1) They were fat domestic turkeys that never got much practice flying
(and maybe had their wingtip feathers clipped.)

2) The downdraft from the helicopter rotor

Hope this helps, ;-)
Bob

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"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"