[bluedino]

Didn't Benjamin Franklin suggest the Turkey instead?

[dekhn]

Not exactly: https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/na...

I used to think this was crazy, but after I met a few turkeys and bald eagles I concluded he was right (and further, that it would have made a great national bird0.

[mikestew]

Probably a myth:

https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/na...

[beeflet]

IDK how comfortable people would be eating the national bird every thanksgiving

[lupusreal]

What better bird to memorialize than one that people love to eat? It could be the national bird and national meal at the same time.

[yen223]

Ask the French, who has the rooster as the national bird

[mikestew]

Considering that the taste is much like bald eagle, I think folks might be comfortable reversing the two.

[zoky]

Reminds me of that joke about the guy who is on trial for killing a bald eagle, and he tells the judge that it was a life-or-death situation: He was lost in the woods, and after several weeks without food he luckily happened upon a bald eagle that he managed to trap and eat to avoid starvation. The judge says, “Well, in that case, we can let you go. But tell me, what does a bald eagle taste like?”

“Oh, sort of a cross between a spotted owl and a California condor.”

[kulahan]

Surely the primarily meat-eating eagle would taste different from the primarily bug/seed eating turkey, no?

[mikestew]

Not in the universe in which this joke takes place, no.

[shermantanktop]

When given a choice between universes, choose the funnier one. Unless the joke is on you…

[kulahan]

If only there was a universe where I got it lol…