Flock of turkeys circling dead cat in video is both ‘creepy’ and ‘rare’
David Scarpitti has been working as a state wildlife biologist and so-called resident turkey expert for around a decade, and in that time, he’s never seen anything quite like the video that went viral Thursday showing a flock of the large birds circling a dead cat on a street in Randolph.
So, he showed it to colleagues — some with 40 years experience in the biology sector, who are respected in the industry.
But even they were slightly perplexed by the ritualistic nature of the turkeys’ behavior.
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