Awwww, cute turkeyling! The adults are weird, though.

Anyone else thinks cassowaries look like giant turkeys?

This is what after-dinner coffee does to you.

I wouldn’t say that vegetarianism was “unheard of” two hundred years ago; although it wasn’t called vegetarianism (that’s a relatively new term). Vegetarianism has been around since the days of the ancient Greeks.

As for cute little turkeys, I was a vegetarian for eight years, for ethical and health reasons, and the only things I really missed were seafood, and turkey and dressing. I never was a big meateater to begin with, so it wasn’t a huge sacrifice. Finally, last Thanksgiving, I decided that I was going to have some turkey and dressing and that it would neither kill me nor undo what I felt I was doing the rest of the year by not eating meat. Now I’ve redrawn my line in the sand; I eat seafood and poultry, and I no longer refer to myself as vegetarian, although much of the time I still eat vegetarian food. Another change in my life was learning that I was diabetic; many of the things I used to fill up on as a vegetarian were now bad for me (potatoes, pasta, rice) in the quantities that I used to eat them.

I don’t eat beef or pork because I don’t like them and don’t miss them. Whoever said that people on farms have a clearer perspective about where meat comes from hit the nail on the head. Many vegetarians respect hunters for this reason (those who hunt for food); hunters aren’t fooling themselves about where meat comes from, nor do they ask anyone else to do their dirty work for them.

Someone else in this thread said that we all live our lives at the expense of others, and it’s up to us to decide how much we want that to be. I agree absolutely, and that’s after years of people giving me shite like “What about carrots? Carrots have feelings, too!” At the end of the day, we each have to answer to our conscience.

But yeah, it’s a cute little turkling.

what a macabre posting !

have a compassionate and animal-free thanksgiving !

http://ananimalfriendlylife.com/2006/11/cok-investigation-unveils-cruelty-to.html

Please get your turkeys from certified organic vendors, or don’t eat it at all.

Thanks guys.

Junipter –
If there was any fairness in the world, THAT would be what we’d call baby turkeys.

Awww…is that what a giblet looks like? CUTE!!!

Last time I was in Key West, FLA, there were chickens and thier babies all over the town. They were SO cute.

Brak, there was a show on TV about the wild chickens in Hawaii! The roosters perch and crow outside hotels and wake everyone up. I think it may have been PBS’s “Animals Behaving Badly” program.

Great goosebumples! Check out the serrated edges of that beak. Wouldn’t want to get in the way of that gander.