{"id":196266,"date":"2023-11-25T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196266"},"modified":"2023-11-25T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:05:07","slug":"hilarious-moment-peta-is-fact-checked-over-viral-thanksgiving-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/hilarious-moment-peta-is-fact-checked-over-viral-thanksgiving-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious moment PETA is fact checked over viral Thanksgiving post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Turkeys would eat us if they could! Hilarious moment PETA is fact checked over viral tweet claiming birds &#8216;would never&#8217; feast on human meat at Thanksgiving<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Animal rights group PETA posted a photo on X showing turkeys sitting around a table with human meat to encourage people to go vegetarian at Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The post was later fact-checked in Community Notes by an unknown user\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>PETA and the artist of the picture have not yet commented on the criticism\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turkeys weren&#8217;t the only thing roasted at Thanksgiving this year\u00a0&#8211; with PETA&#8217;s not-so-festive\u00a0post on X ridiculed by social media users after it was brutally fact-checked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals took to X (formerly Twitter) ahead of the holiday to post a picture of\u00a0a family of turkeys sitting around a table with human meat at the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The famed animal-rights group captioned the photo: &#8216;We&#8217;re lucky turkeys would never do this to us &#8211; you don&#8217;t have to do it to them, either.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But the post was later fact-checked in Community Notes by an unknown user who claimed: &#8216;Turkeys are not vegetarians. Turkeys eat mice, lizards, frogs, and just about anything they can fit in their mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If turkeys were larger or had the technological means to farm and eat humans, their current diet reveals they likely would.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207067-12788059-image-a-19_1700850014021.jpg\" height=\"926\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals took to X (formerly Twitter ) ahead of the holiday to post a picture of a family of turkeys sitting around a table with human meat at the center<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207071-12788059-image-a-20_1700850056317.jpg\" height=\"223\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But the post was later fact-checked in Community Notes by an unknown user<\/p>\n<p>The user quoted research by the University of California&#8217;s\u00a0Integrated Pest Management as their source in the same Community Note.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the post was fact-checked, many users flocked to comment section to criticize PETA&#8217;s claim.<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote: &#8216;Turkeys don&#8217;t because humans are apex predators, and are too large for them to effectively hunt. Frogs and lizards, on the other hand, are well within their capacity to hunt.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry, I fixed the image for accuracy. Turkeys would happily peck a thanksgiving turkey to the bone. Sad but true. Maybe you can help raise awareness of poultry on poultry violence and the risk of cannibalism.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One user also called the Community Note &#8216;the best ever&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post which currently has over 35 million views and 11 thousand likes was also mocked by political commentators online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Do you ever post about how many birds are killed by wind turbines?&#8217; Republican strategist Scott Presler wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;PETA got community noted and it&#8217;s one of the best,&#8217; Tousi TV founder Mahyar Tousi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The picture was created by an artist named &#8216;The Vegan Rapper&#8217; who has not yet commented on PETA&#8217;s post. The group has also not yet responded to the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>UC-IPM&#8217;s research states turkeys have sustained Native Americans for centuries and, later, Europeans during colonization and settlement in the 1600s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many consider wild turkeys in urban and suburban settings as nuisances, pests, annoyances, destructive, and aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208361-12788059-image-a-27_1700850287421.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The picture was created by an artist named &#8216;The Vegan Rapper&#8217; who has not yet commented on PETA&#8217;s post. The group has also not yet responded to the criticism<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78206955-12788059-image-a-22_1700850113967.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>If a human is viewed as dominant, the turkey may act passively or fearfully toward them. Viewed as submissive, a human might be bullied<\/p>\n<p>As urban and suburban turkey populations have grown, so have human\u2013turkey conflicts. They can become aggressive during the breeding season, occasionally charging and threatening people, and damaging automobiles by &#8216;attacking&#8217; their reflection or jumping on cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their nonstop search for food can destroy gardens, raised beds, new landscape plantings, and even turf.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If a human is viewed as dominant, the turkey may act passively or fearfully toward them. Viewed as submissive, a human might be bullied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An aggressive bird may charge at the person, chase them, or even attempt to attack by flapping its wings, pecking, or spurring, especially at human men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12788059\/PETA-Thanksgiving-tweet-turkeys-human-meat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkeys would eat us if they could! 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