Per tradition, O had two costumes. School he was a cowboy and at night he was a clone trooper. No one, including possibly Owen, knows what a clone trooper is. On an unrelated note, do you think foxes prey on wild turkeys? trying to settle a bet.
Per tradition, O had two costumes. School he was a cowboy and at night he was a clone trooper. No one, including possibly Owen, knows what a clone trooper is. 
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The confounding issue of fox/wolf in the dumpster will never be resolved.
That said, a fox could easily take down a turkey.
For the first time ever, I agree with Julie.
Oh Don, it feels so good to have you join the dark side.
Let me clarify...
The question isn't, if we put a fox and a wild turkey in a cage match, who would win? but rather, in the wild, are wild turkeys preyed upon by foxes? These turkeys hang around in bunches and are MEAN SOBs. The toms outweigh most foxes. And, naturally, the hens are smaller but meaner. My guess is wolves are the natural predator to adult wild turkeys. And since the wolves are disappearing, the turkeys are taking over; hence, our friend got his BMW 5 series dented by turkey beaks. They saw their reflection in the well-polished side panel and went nuts. (The expression 'bird brain' didn't come out of thin air.)
Will - you DO bring up a good point (about the rarity of wolves leading to the possible overpopulation of wild turkeys). You should have been a zoologist.
In these confusing times I like to ask the question "WWJ&SD?" What would Jack n' Sam do?
Foxes are primarily nocturnal hunters, though, and I bet they can sneak up on wild turkeys dozing after a day of drinking bad Kentucky bourbon.
I don't know if this settles the issue (I believe it may come down to whether wild turkey is considered to be poultry), but this short but very odd article from Time Magazine on the subject is .... at least interesting.
Jack and Sam would want no part of a wild turkey or a fox. It took them two weeks to get that mouse after all. Don - the article didn't show up.
FYI, foxes do prey on wild turkeys. I'll bet they also eat their eggs. Although turkeys are known for "egg dumping"...leaving their eggs in someone else's nest, even a different bird species altogether!
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Meleagris_gallopavo.html
in the human species, i would assert that the reverse is true -- turkeys prey on foxes. hardy har, har
Eaton 1992 (from the UMich website):
Predators of wild turkey eggs and nestlings include raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, grey foxes, birds, woodchucks, rodents, spotted skunks, bobcats, rat snakes and bull snakes. [nice call, Kath]
Humans are the primary predator of adult wild turkeys [ouch, maybe that's why they peck Beemers]. Other predators include coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, mountain lions, golden eagles, and great horned owls. [no wolves ... 2 kinds of cats and only one kind of dog, yet again proving that cats are awesome ... ]
humans eat turkey eggs too.
what is a clone trooper?
Kathleen, how do you know so much about egg dumping?
What? No election comments?
Clone troopers evolved (are we allowed to talk about evolution? Oh, yes, b/c Palin is an idiot and will hopefully go away for good)when storm troopers got hammered one night and started doing the clones. The species didn't last long b/c the storm troopers couldn't keep track of which clones they impregnated and the clones were pretty tricky, making up different names right under the storm troopers' noses...
Now the memory of clone troopers is celebrated only once a year for Halloween, as Owen did. Is that right? Or was that some other Star Wars species?
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