Just some turkeys trying to have a little fun before Thanksgiving rolls around.
Too morbid of a start to this story? I apologize. Forgive me for thinking that it’d be the opportune time for a Turkey Day joke, and instead of getting bogged down with all of that, how about we turn our attention to this hilarious, non-AI video of a flock of turkeys having a field day on a backyard playground set.
This footage out of Quebec, Canada is going viral, and for good reason. There’s an estimated 450,000 wild turkeys in the “Great White North,” and we know exactly what a handful of them were doing back on November 1. They had scoped out a playground fit with a slide and swings, and decided to have a little fun.
Something tells me that this turkey – and the rest within the flock – have traversed this very playground set many times before. There was a sense of comfortability to the turkey’s behavior, and the family watching from the comfort of their own home just so happened to be there to witness the playtime this time around.
One of the turkeys made its way to the top of the slide, and it looked to be weighing its options for a couple of seconds before it made the call to slide. As the old saying goes, what goes up, must come down. There were only a couple of different options for the turkey to choose from when it came to its descent. It could go back the way it came up, try out the other side, or even use its limited flying ability to float down to the ground. The most fun option of them all? That’d be the slide, and that’s what the turkey went with.
The utilization of the slippery chute is why I’m almost positive these turkeys frequent this playground:
“Footage captures the moment an adventurous pet turkey played in the owner’s backyard, sliding down the children’s slide.”
That looked like a whole lot of fun, eh?
I’m no expert on turkey behavior, but that looked like an intentional slide to me. It even appeared to kind of squat down for maximize speed before it pushed itself onto the slide and rode it all the way down to the bottom. I would have loved to see if the same turkey went back for seconds, or if others that were in the flock joined in on the slip-sliding fun.
Social media users that came across the viral video left plenty of comical comments and observations below the post, and if you are a fan of puns (like myself), you’ll really like the last one:
“You can’t kill that one- its got a sense of humor!”
“Too close to thanksgiving to show me this… now I’m not eating turkey.”
“You just know that is the first of many times!”
“Stuck the landing.”
“Gobblers just want to have fun.”
“Turkey sliders are the best!”
Welp… we started the story on a morbid note, and we’ll end it on one too.