2007-12-15 13:20:22 · 12 answers · asked by Buke 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Actually turkeys are very much a native North American bird. They were unknown in the old world. They are also one of the very few North American animals to be domesticated.
2007-12-15 13:30:11 · update #1
cause no one would take us serious, besides wat looks more proud and patriotic!?!? an eagle
2007-12-15 13:23:27 · answer #1 · answered by slayter19 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
smart with the parasitic reference right here, yet certainly the bald eagle is a scavenger too, Benjamin Franklin needed a turkey to be the nationwide image yet permit's settle for it a BALD EAGLE seems completely impressive and a turkey sounds like it belongs with mashed potatoes in November.
2016-11-03 10:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the first thanksgiving, the cook lost the eagle and had to steal the turkey they had caged for use as a symbol. He forgot to latch the cage, and the eagle escaped.
2007-12-15 13:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by bolyburg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the turkey is not a native bird. And teddy roosevelt thought the eagal was more than a glorified buzzard.
2007-12-15 13:24:31 · answer #4 · answered by Joshot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our "Turkey" was named erroneously by Ben F who thought they looked like a bird native to the country Turkey. He was wrong, hence the ignoble status of that foul fowl. And anyone who thinks they are stupid should try hunting a wild one.
2007-12-15 13:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL, I'm just imagining looking at a giant turkey on my history text book instead of an eagle.
2007-12-15 13:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be a bad idea to have a national symbol that you devour en masse every year on a holiday.
2007-12-15 13:28:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ben Franklin was overruled.
2007-12-15 13:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by matt m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't that Ben Franklin's original idea? Guess he got voted down.
2007-12-15 13:24:00 · answer #9 · answered by Lou 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
why isnt it a seagull or a raven or blue jay? well to sum it all down, the American Bald Eagle is the biggest, buffest, toughest, mother f#cker out there!
2007-12-15 13:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by Jopa 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because turkies are dumb as bricks. And they're ugly.
2007-12-15 13:27:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋