Turkey, The Best Pet Dinosaur?

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@graffic13]

Clint please come to NW Ohio for Biggest Week In Birding !!!!!!

[@darcieclements4880]

Thanks for doing this one I've been waiting for it for a while! A revisit to specific breeds of chicken would also be great since they vary rather a lot

[@Hashishin13]

The WEF has it in their heads to separate us from owning exotic animals. The pangolin nonsense with covid was an attempt to push it. The western liberal order is against it so of course KZbin deranks it.

[@minerzoo5944]

You might want to add that if you want a turkey don't get one of the breeds meant for commercial consumption, their legs will give out due to rapid weight gain. There are several heritage breeds that make wonderful pets and stay athletic throughout their lifespan. As always, love the channel.

[@rickieoakes5267]

It's the same for chicken breeds, the commercial birds are not meant to live but a few months.😮

[@AzraelThanatos]

There's also ones that are, essentially, wild Turkeys but bred just enough to be handleable while maintaining most of the traits. A lot of places where they handle them for various things use those.

[@liwkaosmaek9874]

They deserve the love too...

[@Exquailibur]

commercial turkeys need their food monitored if you want them to live a long time, its a similar story with certain duck breeds. They eat a lot and because of that become overweight which on top of their gigantism isnt great for them. only bird breed I know that is truly so unhealthy that they cant have good quality of life is the Cornish cross chicken

[@xBloodxFangx]

Probably best also to mention if you have a pet turkey, have a VERY secure pen outside or bring them inside during Thanksgiving. Because there have been literal cases of people killing other people's pet turkeys for a thanksgiving meal. No joke.

[@theforgereviews4346]

I hate that KZbin isn’t supporting the pet review videos. Who is going to tell me how to take care of turklets? And then sing songs to it at the end of the video

[@GuyNamedSean]

Yeah, I adore these videos and I can't imagine they don't draw

[@NewAge374]

I don't blame them for it. For an algorithm it's hard to teach the difference between a common domestic turkey and an endangered exotic fowl. Or say, a typical budgerigar or a parrot sourced by poachers. Making this even more difficult is the lack of local legislation even when global legislation against the pet trade is pretty strict. Some animals are not supposed to be kept as pets, and that's a line KZbin doesn't want to contribute to promoting. A pretty sensible stance in my opinion

[@breakfastatmilliways]

I am forever going to call baby turkeys “Turklets” now. Thank you for this wonderful gift, Clint.

[@Trundlebugg]

💯 There’s a free range pig farmer I watch sometimes that refers to his piglets as “my little bacon seeds” 🫣😂

[@darcieclements4880]

I favor turkling and driplets.... If you know wild turkeys you know why I call them driplets

[@breakfastatmilliways]

@@darcieclements4880 we get a whole lot of wild turkeys around me but I guess I don’t know them very well because I don’t know why! I would love to learn.

[@reelburke]

I mean... that is what they're actually called so good? 😂

[@Morgan-Le-Fail]

I've been pushing "turkling" for such a long time and can't get anyone else on board. Glad to see there are at least some reasonable folks in the world.

[@Eloraurora]

I like that the turkey gets more talkative when he hears his familiar person start talking. It's like he wants to take part in the conversation.

[@amrose250]

My son’s pet turkey would follow him around. She even would join him on the trampoline. She was very friendly and would snuggle him.

[@chickensalad3535]

So sweet ❤

[@youwantgoodrng]

Key word "was" we all know what happened. :/

[@ajaxjaxxy3537]

@@youwantgoodrngoh noooo turkey got eaten :((( oh noooo someone call the cops

[@isaiahmoore-jb1sy]

Well, the way he/She was saying it made it sound more like it was a pet so it probably died of old age your disease

[@jtjames79]

I was picking up a chicken from my local chicken lady. She has this gigantic white turkey she rescued. It walked right up to get a hug even though it didn't know me. Turkey hugs are amazing.

[@Dragonamg2]

I love Clint throwing shade at a some researcher he knew a long time ago.

[@johnmiller-purrenhage3790]

I know, right? The last time he got this passive aggressive was when he talked about green iguanas as pets.

[@loftir-koftir]

...And when he talked about when he presented his thesis!

[@royyyyyyyyyy]

Omg that was hilarious lol

[@JustJen1386]

Far and away the best part of this video

[@LivingInBoredom]

He got so spicy 😂😂 Clint always delivers

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

Turkeys were my favorite birds back in vet school. They were endlessly curious and friendly, but they were also kinda dumb. Like a golden retriever.

[@CraftyZanTub]

The ones bred for food are dumb as rocks, but the brown birds from wild lines are very smart.

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

I prefer any turkey over any retriever

[@chesneymigl4538]

I volunteered as a zoo keeper for my hours before tech school. They had ocelated turkeys. Super gorgeous but so aggravating. They are very curious and wanted to be involved with whatever we were doing. Including the daily raking of their enclosure. It would take raking a pile of leaves, sticks and poop four or five times before being able to get it in the trash before they started scratching in it. The males still had their spurs and my trainer could say she couldn't fight because "she took a spur to the knee"😂

[@notNajimi]

@@chesneymigl4538hahaha, sounds just like a feathered cat to me

[@chesneymigl4538]

@@notNajimi Yeah, I hadn't thought about it like that, but you're absolutely correct.

[@recklessalexis6178]

I didn’t know the snood could contract and scrunch up like a fleshy unicorn horn. Learn something new every day

[@mrsirttv]

I love biology, without knowing already it's impossible to tell if snood is the actual name for it or not haha

[@heyy13]

I had the same thought! Fascinating.

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

Bizarre !

[@saragood7943]

Their head also changes color based on their mood.

[@calvinhoward3808]

nasty

[@ItsAGorillaStudios]

When I was a boy, our neighbor had this female turkey at one point. She would often wonder about our yard and do turkey things. She was moderately sociable; she'd walk around you without fear but probably wouldn't let you pet her. The funniest thing she would do is sleep on the analog TV wire going out of our house. We'd often start getting a fuzzy signal, and when you'd check outside: yep, there she was.

[@DrachenGothik666]

*She'd often _wander_... not wonder. Wonder is an expression of awe, or questioning thought. #boneappletea

[@T3rsky]

​@@DrachenGothik666, please don't judge people for what autoINcorrect does.

[@chitlitlah]

@@T3rsky Autocorrect wouldn't change wander to wonder, and if it does, you should notice it and change it back.

[@lambybunny7173]

@@chitlitlahnah, it totally does. It autocorrects were to we're constantly for me, and that's not even the most egregious.

[@gecko2738]

​@@chitlitlah who fu ckin cares, grow up liberal

[@HalberdLover-l4d]

Recently, I’ve been pondering the idea of dinosaurs having eyelashes like ostriches. I can’t tell whether or not it would make them more terrifying or less.

[@mathid__]

definitely more scary!

[@jhstylewon1172]

This is my head canon now. T-Rex had big, long, beautiful eyelashes. The Madonna of the Cretaceous period

[@blazingtrs6348]

i wonder if some dinosaurs had whiskers too like kiwis and some other birds

[@RickMason-yj7pv]

Only glue-on according to Richard Owens.(TIC)

[@QuestionableObject]

it would probably depend whether or not they had fur or feathers or a mixture of both. Kiwis and ostriches have whiskers and eyelashes cause they have "fur" and the whiskers and lashes are modified versions of their fur-feathers so dinosaurs that had similar coats could probably develop the same adaptations if pressured to.

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

turkeys normally: one brain cell Turkeys when you try to hunt them: feathered military geniuses

[@joshualandry3160]

Just don't ask what happens when you go to war with emus.

[@corpsebrood6669]

@@joshualandry3160 They're unstoppable

[@jtjames79]

After owning or caring for everything from ostriches to house chickens, parrots, and even a duck, I'm convinced all birds are functionally autistic. That's why they seem like Rain Man.

[@annataymond9529]

No it’s domesticated turkey that are dumb from how they’ve been bred. Wild turkeys are geniuses. It’s not even comparable. They’re wicked smart in the wild.

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

@annataymond9529 yeah domestic turkeys at this point don't even have the one brain cell their head is just bone all the way through

[@tuiteyfruity5010]

Those gobbles were impressively timed

[@russlehman2070]

It seemed to be a commentary on his singing. I'm not fluent in Turkey, so II'm not sure if it was favorable or otherwise.

[@Atius]

I've never seen a Turkey in my life (Probably because they're not eaten here in Southeast Asia), I didn't know they genuinely sound like that, that's awesome 😭

[@AliMohamed-ox1bz]

There is a lot in life to discover

[@MrOnwisconsin2011]

Where I live there are turkey groups that roam around the city and suburbs.

[@Sudszu]

@@MrOnwisconsin2011I was gonna ask what state you live in but I see the username😂 I was driving down my neighborhood street and there’s a group of 10 strolling down the sidewalk

[@darcieclements4880]

They have so many wildly different delightful vocalizations that I encourage everyone to go out and listen to more turkey sounds. My favorite is when they sound like the old digital sound version of cartoon water drips.

[@joshuamallari5243]

Where in Southeast Asia are you from? We have some turkeys in the Philippines 😅

[@marilynbunzo3648]

My favorite name for baby turkeys is actually goblets. 😄 It just seems appropriate and much better than poults although turklets is ok. I have been in the midst of a huge flock of wild turkeys on my dad’s farm in Pennsylvania. We regularly have small flocks of wild turkeys in our suburban yard in Minnesota. None of the turkeys have ever been aggressive toward me. We got to watch a hen turkey raise her 9 goblets from small fluffy balls to gawky teenagers. She didn’t lose a single one!

[@MM-jf1me]

New head canon accepted! Goblets is soon cute.

[@paradoxwrappedenigma467]

The phrase "turkeys can throw down" brightened my entire day. Thank you. I didn't know I needed this fact in my life.

[@justinjacobs1501]

Gotta get ready for the throw down ho down

[@susanmartin3762]

How can youtube NOT want you to rate animals to see if they make good pets? Isnt that how you started? I LOVE those videos and so does everyone!

[@juangalton999]

They're prejudiced against Clint's religious beliefs. Which while I'm not religious myself, I think it's despicable of KZbin to discriminate that way.

[@susanmartin3762]

@juangalton999 I could only see half of your comment, so when I saw "I think it's despicable..." I thought you meant me. 🤣😂😅😁 I was so relieved that it wasn't. How can telling us what makes a good pet have to do with the LDS community? That makes no sense.

[@KAZVorpal]

Franklin wasn't a fan of the turkey. He actually more disliked the bald eagle. In the letter where he said the turkey would make more sense than the bald eagle, it was a sarcastic attack on the choice of the latter. If anything, it showed how LITTLE he respected turkeys. He was saying bald eagles are even worse. The ultimate point that usually gets missed, though, is that both were native to North America. So was the rattlesnake on the Gadsden Flag, and the Mohawk warriors whose garb was worn by a few people during the Boston Tea Party. The founding fathers were specifically choosing things that were not from Europe, to say "we're born here, we're not Europeans".

[@HOLDENPOPE]

I don't know if that's an insult to the Native Americans or the British Empire

[@3asianassassin]

In any case, we should reject it, whites should be called Europeans regardless of their immigrant status

[@russlehman2070]

One of my favorite Franklin essays was an editorial written before the Revolution, on the British practice of transporting convicts to the American colonies. He suggested that for every convict transported to the colonies, a rattlesnake should be transported to England.

[@KAZVorpal]

@HOLDENPOPE Many American Indians don't actually like the term "Native American". They prefer their tribal name, otherwise are fine with American indian. But anything that insults the evil British empire, is cool with me.

[@DeezNuggz]

@@HOLDENPOPE"native americans"

[@RobinMarks1313]

I lived out in the country as a kid. My parents got two turkeys and we called them Christmas and Thanksgiving. They survived both holidays and became cool pets. They are cool. I've also encountered turkey's in the wild.

[@ThingsInWarehouses]

Clint is officially pardoned from being eaten by the president of turkeys

[@deanought3695]

Is the turkey president one of those things in warehouses?

[@alexwright6816]

one thing I'll note about large birds, I don't know about turkeys but birds like geese and swans, I figure turkeys will do the same, their feet are not their only weapons. They will "punch" you with their wings which depending on the size of the bird can do a not insignificant damage.

[@crustyduck8073]

I have 30+ turkeys and I can confirm they do use their wings as weapons. They punch with their wings and even use their necks to fight.

[@Mikithebird]

Pigeons also use their wings as weapons

[@aalihte3378]

Heck yea. Being punched by a goose or turkey can knock you on your butt too. I was more scared of wings then feet. 😅 love those birds tho❤

[@MisterPerson-fk1tx]

​@@aalihte3378if you're catching a big bird, go straight for their wings. You don't have control of them, you don't have control of the bird.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, they can peck or bite you if you’re not careful (the same applies to roosters).

[@tiffanyfitch4563]

I have a friend who had two turkeys who lived in the garage in an apartment. Best pets ever. They played outside every day and never left the yard. They loved hugs and pats. I love that they change colors.

[@dorchevsky2556]

Truly fond of Erin’s care for all your animals, not just turkeys. Love her hair too!

[@kagehikari4281]

Turkeys are such funny birds. For the most part chill and dont seem to think about much and just wana hang with you and see what your doing. Then you get thoes ones that for what ever reason, decide they dont like your face and THOES are the ones that will get you from behind and follow you and block you and trap you tell they do! I seriously offended a wild turkey a few years ago by honking at it to get it to move. It hated that and ran in front of my car and would not let me drive away for the longest time, challenging me and wanting to get at me. Jumping in my cars way when I try to back up or move. Another po'd bird got mad at a guy who lives in the area and chased him all over the yard and the guy ran in to the building with the bird on his heels. He got away but the turkey quickly ran to the other side to see if he would come out that door and get him there! It was so hilarious!

[@DrachenGothik666]

*Those, not thoes.

[@razaron93]

@@DrachenGothik666 *Thows

[@aureliusfeynman485]

lol that bird wasn't playing 😅

[@Zuzu00000]

​@@DrachenGothik666*Thoughs

[@T3rsky]

@@DrachenGothik666 Get off KZbin and go apply for a job as an editor. Get paid for what you seem compelled to do anyway, and we'll all be happier.

[@SoftSpott]

This is one of the few channels on youtube i'll regularly rewatch videos 3+ times just to fill the time until a new video comes out. I get so excited no matter what the video is about! Idk whats better, learning about new animals I've never heard of or gaining new insight into animals I'm already familiar with but never give a second thought.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

I will always remember going to zoo one time that had a bunch of wild turkeys. The moment I was about to walk away from their enclosure, the dozen or so wild turkeys all gobbled at once in my direction. To say the absolute least, it was pretty haunting.

[@zachb8012]

I bought a house in a town with a large population of town-turkeys. The house came with a habituated flock of wild birds. They won't let me pet them but they follow me and my kids around the yard. They're characters. Every day they have some kind of drama or social issue with each other, and the way they interact is complex. You can see the gears turning behind their eyes when they look at you. We named the most brazen of the turkeys Patty and Selma, turns out they're probably brothers, but they rule the flock and Selma nearly fought to the death last Spring with an intruder.

[@Ofallthings089]

Was the intruder another turkey?

[@morgancoleman1457]

Clint singing with the gobbling turkey at the end was so cute

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

But for real, I’d love to see more bird reviews. Even Budgies don’t seem beginner friendly. Finches, canaries, doves are very common.

[@CainXVII]

Birds as a whole are not beginner friendly...

[@ThePopopotatoes]

Pigeons are about as easy as birds get but people just aren't as familiar with basic bird care vs cat or dog care.

[@capuchinosofia4771]

0:18 i love how the feathers on the turkey's back look a bit like scales hahah

[@rainbowwwkim]

My favorite types of videos on this channel are the unusual pet reviews, thank you clint! And keep them coming! 😊 Also ahhh his gobble at the end!!! I love it!

[@RadReptile615]

Anyone interested in adding a turkey to their flock they are worth it but do your research specifically, what breed you get broad breasted they will only live for a year before they die. They are the ones that we eat at the supermarket. Look up Heritage breeds that have a natural lifespan.

[@rc31802]

My grandfather worked on a domesticated turkey farm for a while. They kept losing birds and when he investigated he found many feathers next to a hole in the fence. He set up watch outside the fence and found a stray dog that would stand outside the hole and make noises until one of the turkeys stuck it had our through the fence. Unfortunately for the turkey, the dog then grabbed it's neck and pulled until it had yanked the bird outside the fence and strode off with its victim. My grandfather sealed the hole and blocked the area around the fence. He always shook his head and said that domestic turkeys weren't too bright. But I think it's that they were extra curious. Got to know what that noise was outside the fence. 🦃

[@CCNorse]

I use two fences 6 inches apart, because the racoons would bait the turklets up to the fence (1 inch wire hexagon) and grab their heads through the mesh. They couldn't get the whole turklet out, but apparently the reward of just the head and neck of a turklet was enough. So now there's two layers of fence to make such things harder.

[@rc31802]

@CCNorse good idea!

[@shroomyk]

12:26 never knew turklets strutted like that. How adorable.

[@suchomimustenerensis5302]

They can already fly at that age! Really cool.

[@nikmarshall2989]

I love to watch wild Turkeys near my parent’s place. They’re so cool, I usually see them in pairs, sometimes with Turklets present. They always seem like they’re just on a casual forest stroll with the fam.

[@DrachenGothik666]

Apostrophe 's' does not signify a plural. That word should be written as "turkeys", with no apostrophe.

[@nikmarshall2989]

@ you are right, that was auto-typed on my phone while I was typing with the drag feature in my defense and I had just woken up lol

[@taipansghost]

Hey Clint i know im definitely hoping you will cover koi and goldfish soon. Those fish definitely deserve a vid

[@pinkspaghetti1]

id love that!!

[@thin-watermelon]

you always brighten my day TURKLET POWER

[@techanubis6784]

Love seeing Tom's face go through every color of the rainbow! He's remarkably calm for what is likely a weird situation for him, bless

[@Beastlango]

I raised turkeys this year and loved it. They are like the dogs of fowl.

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

This was probably the last channel I expected a Turkey Tom collab from, but I'm here for it

[@Ofallthings089]

Turkeys have been reintroduced in Massachusetts. We had a group of about fourteen that hung around our neighborhood. Super cool to see them hanging out together in trees and on top of fences and swing sets. Seeing one fly from telephone pole to telephone pole was a “Oh so that’s how you do it” moment. Very cute to see the turklets orbit their moms. Wild ones are known to be grumpy but I like them a lot. That gang of fourteen left after a neighbor put up a big and frankly unnecessary fence around their property for their young daughter. I miss them.

[@MM-jf1me]

I didn't realize they'd been extirpated there; the only time in my life I've ever seen wild turkeys was when I was visiting a friend in Massachusetts; we were walking along a wooded path and suddenly there was a hen with her lil goblets -- they're very cute at the turklet stage.

[@Ofallthings089]

@@MM-jf1me The first successful attempt at reintroducing wild turkeys in Massachusetts happened in like 1970, but I only started seeing wild turkeys in my area in the past decade or so. Maybe they just escaped my notice until then.

[@hey.its.BrandishJaye]

I never knew that turkey's snoods moved and contracted like that. It both fascinates and disturbs me...

[@corvuscorax7451]

The "six foot turkey" line has always been hilarious to me, because not only is a real velociraptor mongoliensis about the size of a turkey, comparing them to one to call them unintimidating only tells me they've ve never met a turkey.

[@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken]

I convinced a dude at work that yes, birds came from dinosaurs by pointing out the similarities between velociraptor and wild turkey. Turns out he'd been attacked by a wild turkey before so the raptor claws suddenly made a LOT more sense to him. I do recognize that the two aren't directly related, but I'll take a win where I get one

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

Anyone who calls a turkey "unintimidating" or "not very scary" has likely never encountered a turkey, but also never seen a Tom shaking a glove or intimidating a dog his own size (I'm talking height not weight). I not only raised a turkey but also thought he was nice until he turned and became a "threat." Studying turkeys and people who think turkeys can't fly will be surprised, because wild turkeys are used to roosting in trees to avoid predators but it's the domestically-raised turkeys that tend not to because they're used to being fed. As long as they're young enough they can fly to head-height and perch on something taller than them, the turkey I'd raised would fly up and perch on the left fender of a tractor (though it took a few "leaps" to get that high) and looked almost like a fat parrot

[@EuthanizeAllDogs]

I mean, it's in-character for the one saying it.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, one of the prey of Velociraptor happens to be Protoceratops (as made famous by the “Fighting Dinosaurs” fossil), which are bigger than them and can injure them by biting (as seen in that fossil, plus it’s common for prey animals to do that to their predators). So if you’re not careful around Velociraptors, they might decide to eat you as well (Nigel Marven learned that the hard way when he got chased by some (accurately sized, but scaly) Velociraptors in Chased by Dinosaurs).

[@JawzXlives]

Had a pet turkey as a child, had gotten a dozen ad 4H meat bird raising project, her brothers were all huge and after slaughtering them we were out of room in the freezers... So Turkey Lurkey got to stay. She was an absolute joy. She would go on walks in the woods with us, follow us arround in the yard and garden, and sit on our feet to demand head scritches. Much more social than our chickens and also willing to snuggle. She was largely free range, and one night, when she was about 8 years old she failed to come home at dark. She had been wandering further afield lately and I assume some wild predator got her. Still miss that bird.

[@MxDandiBean]

Watching the turkey at around 1:40 onward, I had no idea they could retract and relax their snood. It's a trip to watch.

[@wazupwolf106]

Thanks for sticking to your guns on the Content Clint, its always a bummer when a channel completely changes to suit the algorithm

[@Chief.95]

17:55 who knew Clint could dang SING y’all holy wow😯

[@reneebissonnette1300]

Best bloopers ever! Thank you for sharing your joy with us!

[@balthezaar100]

We are into this sorta thing.

[@joziejozieterranova5977]

you absolutely know, we want to listen to the turklet song

[@ponaboy]

this video is but ONE example of how wholesome and engaging Clint and his love of the natural world can be.

[@linzerj9904]

I LOVE turkeys!!!! I work mainly with chickens but occasionally i get to help raise turkey poults and they're so silly and goofy and have such fun personalities!! (My coworkers and I call the babies "turklets" too!!!!)

[@PaleoAnalysis]

2:10 Wow! Shots fired! I never thought I'd see the man I describe to people as "the combination of Steve Irwin and Mr Rodgers" throwing shade like that! 😂😂😂

[@spiercephotography]

I am 500% here for all weird pet reviews! 🤣 love it

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I tried to explain to some people that birds are dinosaurs. They responded with “well it doesn’t look like a dinosaur anymore, so it’s not a dinosaur”. Apparently, you _can_ evolve out of a clade 😂😂😂

[@Galaxia7]

And I think they have a misconception of what a dinosaur look like, because birds still do look like dinosaurs

[@chriswhinery925]

I dunno, I think it's a fair point. Ultimately all life on this planet traces it's roots back to the first single celled organisms and it's fair to say that humans aren't bacteria because we don't look like it any more. I mean at some point you do have to draw lines and say "this is this and that is that" and those lines are always going to be kind of arbitrary. Basing on what things look like maybe isn't the most accurate heuristic on the planet but it's not TOTALLY off base.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@chriswhinery925 I mean, like Clint said in another video, you can "draw the line" from a clade. For example, if you wanted to exclude those weird wormlike reptiles from lizards, you can do that. So we can remove mammals from bacteria by finding the multicellular ancestor.

[@FallenCarnation]

@@chriswhinery925 I don't think that's how it works. We don't look like the first chordates either, but it would be incorrect to say we aren't chordates. We don't even look like mammals anymore, honestly.

[@VoxTenebrae]

@@chriswhinery925 But we didn't evolve from Bacteria. We share a single-celled common ancestor with them sure (as far as we know this was the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA), but Bacteria and Archaea diverged from that common ancestor. Just like the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees was neither a human nor a chimpanzee, LUCA was neither Bacteria nor Archaea, as those groups arose from separate lineages that diverged from LUCA

[@brentdhanie5777]

I love the pet videos they’ve helped me narrow my search greatly. Though my favorite is still the tailless whip scorpion.

[@apedley]

Erin seems really cool and fun to work with. I'm sure she thinks the same about you!

[@Greg41982]

I love the pet videos. The phylogeny and evolutionary biology videos are also my favorite, though. The phylogeny videos could be 6 hours long each and I would still watch them.

[@maggiepie8810]

Turklet is now my favourite word. It's such a cute name for little turkeys. 🦃

[@AnamLiath]

I love and respect turkeys. I've raised them for release and had a couple that have stayed to be watch-fowl! I've also seen them marching in a circle around a small copse. It was eerie!

[@dominiquehebert4903]

Oh, poor Tom is too hot and/or stressed, that panting is giving me anxiety! We raised turkeys when I was a kid but only for a season. Very curious and fun birds!

[@vezokpiraka]

Eh probably a bit stressed. Turkeys like most birds on a farm are very good at leaving if not restrained when they are stressed. Turkeys even more than chickens and ducks. I wouldn't worry about him too much. Additionally, they do get more stressed than chickens and ducks so it's probably just the change of scenery or being transported in a crate. I doubt he is anywhere near dangerous levels of stress.

[@TeresaBittenbender]

I had turkeys for years (still would if it weren't for coyotes and loose domestic dogs) and they also pant when they're excited or overstimulated. Nothing quite like taking a nap in a hammock and being woken up by heavy breathing and the hot breath of a turkey who had just been eating onion grass.

[@KAZVorpal]

Galliformes (their ancestors) like turkeys really were one of the main survivors of the K-T event that wiped out most of the dinosaurs. They survived specifically because they were ground-dwelling. Most of the dominant birds of the cretaceous were tree-dwelling enantiornithes, and 100% of that group died out. Only the more obscure, less "successful" birds that were ground or water-dwelling survived.

[@rocketterrier]

I miss my pet turkeys... One of them loved cuddles, the other thought you were poison and refused to get close. We had white turkeys! And one of my 'default' outfits for hanging outside in the backyard was my red shirt and blue robe. I suspect maybe they thought I was another turkey because my colors looked exactly like theirs 😂

[@ohrats731]

Oh I was so hoping you would say “turklettes” 🥰 My family also approves of the name “turkles,” you know, for the fun mouth feel of saying it 😂

[@hgck]

I've had several turkey hens over the years, and each had her own distinct personality. The friendliest would come running to meet me at my car when I came home from work. She made an absolute racket with her welcome home routine, but it was pretty flattering all the same.

[@guy8646]

Dang, shots fired at that one researcher! Must’ve been a tense few days together!

[@katieeshaw]

Worth it for the songs. Especially Blue Snood.

[@regularbricksstudios1109]

They may not be the largest bird alive but they sure are imposing when you have them right in front of you, my grandma calls them "Guajolotes" and they're pretty neat birds

[@rorywalters1614]

This thing was one of the HARDEST event boss creatures in ARK. You could fight it with an army of Giganotosauruses and still lose to it.

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Hey Clint Laidlaw, Why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a KZbin Videos all about the 🪼Phylogeny Group Of Jellyfish🪼on the next Clint's Reptiles on the next Saturday coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@Aries.its.u]

Clint I’m begging you for a pigeon/dove episode 🙏

[@mystra13]

Much needed joy this morning!

[@JognDasHerbNA]

Thanks for showing us Tom. We love pet videos

[@zachseabass7414]

I love how toms sound like real Jurassic Park style when they argue for leadership. And how they go berserk once they notice grasshoppers or wasps. They are so underrated like chickens

[@JackieNole]

I like the pet videos better!! How else will I know which pet dinosaur to get in any situation?

[@Oler-yx7xj]

9:40 I love Clint nodding to the turkey, he makes sure to reassure the bird that it is heard

[@megangoerig4896]

in billings montana we have a turkey that terrorizes cars, it lives in an area called Zimmerman Trail, and i’ve witnessed him attack cars that drive on “his road”

[@eybaza6018]

I'm going through a pretty tough time in my life right now,but your videos no joke always put a smile on my face and today is no exception. They're very entertaining and educational at the same time,which combined just comforts me so much. To Clint and your wonderful team-keep up the amazing work!

[@youwantgoodrng]

8:13 bro nodded in agreement.😂

[@annataymond9529]

I don’t always have time to finish the videos and I’m too eager to start a new one to listen to every end minute. But something about the power of turkey breeding keeping Clint safe from sin makes me think I ought to go back and finish all those videos.

[@alitryrnn1668]

This was one of the funniest best pet videos! I think they should get a bonus score for keeping us safe from sin though.

[@feliciagaffney1998]

This came up in my feed!! 💜💜🦃 Haven't seen a Clint video in a while (busy with other channels and projects)... and this appeared in my feed!! It's getting SOME kind of attention from YT... 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SecondaryHomunculus]

I see turklets all the time, living in rural Upstate NY. Gonna make sure everyone knows what they're called from now on.

[@webbraham2768]

He’s having a panic attack on the desk.😂😂

[@alexisthinking]

How big of a coop and run do they need? Do they do a good job of protecting a flock like roosters do? Are the as loud as or more loud than roosters? And most importantly, when are you making a “Pigeon, The Best Pet Dinosaur?” video?

[@vurttv6415]

they're constantly noisy, there was an allotment full of them at my junior school (uk)

[@Rumda.]

Yeah we heard how vocal Tom was in the video

[@vurttv6415]

@Rumda. a flock of them is a bit different. Not louder than a rooster, but it's distracting enough.

[@RadReptile615]

They definitely need space they will not fit through your standard chicken run doors either. They also have a bad habit of not going inside their coops but rather roosting on top of them so you have to be a little creative with giving them no other option but to go inside.

[@jhudora3256]

I agree with @vurttv6415. My grandmother frequently has wild flocks on her property and while they constantly make noise, they are less loud the farther away from you they get. Unlike say, the Tokay Gecko, which sounds loud no matter how far away from you they are.

[@tobiaspascher9884]

Not long until dinosaur December. 🤩🤩

[@spiv_gennedy]

I literally just had about a dozen of these pecking at the glass of my front office. Scared the crap outta me when I walked in the room to see what the heck the noise was...

[@Mrnevertalks]

Are you from a notable Northeast city known for its citrus fruit colored, vulgar inhabitants made famous by a trashy reality TV show?

[@ShadowCoH316]

I love turkeys! There's a big group of them that roam around my mom's neighborhood that are surprisingly friendly. Only when they've got turklets in tow do they get aggressive and more than once they've blocked traffic and scraped the ground with their wings in their territorial stance. After a couple months go by that tends to stop though. Sometimes I throw seeds or weeds out in the backyard for them. I'm not sure I'd like to keep them as pets but I do love seeing them forage through the neighborhood after the turklets hatch. The only thing they do that scares me is they like to go into the trees at night, so sometimes you'll look up and see a HUGE shadow in the tree and get scared for a moment until you realize it's just the turkeys.

[@hannahmuller6694]

I like the pet videos. I'm German - so like means I find them awesome 😎

[@9999indigo]

Best Thanksgiving video ever.

[@Neidzwiedz1]

The noise Tom was making while they were petting him is just a louder version of the sound my cockatiel would make before I found out that petting stroking scritching anywhere but the head turns on the sex drive. Basically every part of of a bird except the head and the feet is an erogenous zone. Maybe the density of the feathers aliviates the problem but all of the birds I have it is definitely an issue!

[@azraelbryson5046]

I loved my turkey, Tom. He was protective and let me pet him. He was the best bird I ever had.

[@kanadakid147]

Turklette whoo! Love the new name for them.

[@lizard1325]

I'm obsessed with Clint's Turkey Songs

[@noblelement]

Where I live, we call them "turquitos"

[@WaterShowsProd]

I think you need to make a Tuklet Power T-shirt.

[@StefyB5]

Yeah I used to have turkeys in the past, they even made turklets, but they really tend to suddenly die apparently for no reason, but Clint actually explained why it happens. Now I wonder if you can give them some medicines periodically to prevent those diseases from killing them.

[@darcieclements4880]

No it's illegal to do the medications because of antibiotic resistance but you can get them vaccinated to take care of most of the problems. Unfortunately falling off your perch is a problem for all birds not specifically turkeys. If you keep your birds outside where wild birds can come in contact the likelihood goes up. Keeping multiple foul species together is complicated but weirdly they vaccinate each other if you can get it established well with blackhead being the one outlier which is why people bring it up.... Oh and toxic fumes from people cooking is another huge problem because it clogs their airways and they suffocate rapidly. No cook oil near Bird. No Teflon!

[@StefyB5]

@darcieclements4880 thank you so much, very informative reply. 😊 At the moment I have hens and roosters and two female quails (they have their own enclosure) and they are all doing fine. I actually plan to get some geese and ducks, turkeys are very large and really delicate and even if I like them a lot I'd love to have something more resistant. 😊

[@munafruit]

good birbs 🦃💜 when i was little my mum worked at a farm shop for a while and i used to hang out with the turkeys while she worked. they're great conversationalists. my turkey impression is still strong

[@Trundlebugg]

I absolutely love your phylogeny and non pet videos but I do think your pet videos will have the most real world impact. “If you’re watching this to find out if X is the right pet for you, it isn’t” How many pets and owners have been saved from inadvertent neglect, danger and heartbreak? There’s certainly a longer list of critters I will never have now and also a longer list of pets I may well have room for one day 😁 #emeraldtreeskinkarmy

[@armymedic_bnw]

Ok, so Clint's Thanksgiving LP with ALL these absolute GEMS dropping WHEN?