OMG I just found out the horrible truth about turkeys.

[dawg]

They are all artifically inseminated.

We have bred them to have breasts soooo big that the male turkeys just can't ..... quite ...... reach......

[LeftinOH]

1. So, now the question is -do they use one of these to do it?:

[freshwest]

4. Haha, my first thought, too. Poor tom turkeys. Ought to be able to have some pleasures in life.

[Major Nikon]

2. Not all of them

A heritage turkey is one of a variety of strains of domestic turkey which retains historic characteristics that are no longer present in the majority of turkeys raised for consumption since the mid-20th century. Heritage turkeys can be differentiated from other domestic turkeys in that they are biologically capable of being raised in a manner that more closely matches the natural behavior and life cycle of wild turkeys. Heritage turkeys have a relatively long lifespan and a much slower growth rate than turkeys bred for industrial agriculture, and unlike industrially-bred turkeys, can reproduce without artificial insemination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_turkey

[rug]

3. Who has the job of collecting turkey semen?

[freshwest]

5. The same wacko who collects from bulls, unless they're cloned in a lab. Dad wears a white coat...

[rug]

9. Heh, wacko

[freshwest]

11. Yep. Gotta stay in Naughtyville on this thread... Oops... IBTL!

BTW, you...

:spank:

[freshwest]

6. I'm a sucker for sad animal cartoons. Now I'm bummed.

[nolabear]

7. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fuck...

[dawg]

8. Ha!

:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. YOU, MA'AM... HAVE JUST WON THE WHOLE INTERTUBES!!!!! n/t

[alphafemale]

12. this one

:yourock:

[Flaxbee]

13. Read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.

Where there's a will, there's a way. :)

It is disgusting how humans have destroyed so many species.

[trof]

14. And they use turkey basters to do it.

That's just wrong.
;-)