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- inactive, on 11/27/2008, -1/+62modern turkeys have bigger breasts and smaller brains. they're the blonde bimbos of the poultry world
- inactive, on 11/27/2008, -8/+54God you're dumb. Selective breeding isn't "frightening" in the least. All the fruits and vegetables you eat have been selectively bred, just so you don't have to eat bananas like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Inside_a_wild-t ...
- nessie213, on 11/27/2008, -1/+35*affected
- freezerburn666, on 11/27/2008, -4/+37holy corn dildos
- thebrok3nsystm, on 11/27/2008, -5/+35I, for one, welcome our new giant turkey overlords
- lostarchitect, on 11/27/2008, -3/+33I heard this girl was babysitting, and spiders came out of her face.
- TheTruthHurts, on 11/27/2008, -0/+24so basically everything in this country gets fat?
- inactive, on 11/27/2008, -1/+25I thought my 13 pound turkey was small. It turns out I am having a more traditional Thanksgiving meal after all.
Dugg for "American consumers like ...... larger breasts." - RadiatedAnt, on 11/27/2008, -2/+26mmm butter flavoured corn... it just makes it easier for my lazy ass.
- Dumbledorito, on 11/27/2008, -4/+23It is when you're selectively breeding and get (1) genetic defects making the organism itself unhealthy and/or (2) monoculture.
#1 is a historical fact in such species as silkworms (which are totally dependent on humans to survive). However, #2 is what resulted in what was the standard banana to be wiped out early in the 20th century and is predicted to allow the extinction of the current species of banana. - rmxz, on 11/27/2008, -4/+23It's scary what modern farming did to those poor birds.
I tried turkey in central america (where you can see them running around wildly in the jungle), and they tasted very different (and IMHO much better) than the turkey you get from a US supermarket (or even "free range turkey farm").
I'm amazed by people who are offended at hunting wild turkeys (who at least can enjoy a good life for a few years) but happily eat the farm-raised ones who are fattened to the point they can't walk and feel miserable their whole lives. - DarthPoo, on 11/27/2008, -3/+18Frightening? More like delicious.
- DigiDave, on 11/26/2008, -6/+20This is kind of un-appetizing to learn about. I prefer to be ignorant and full.
- madrigaelic, on 11/26/2008, -3/+17I think the heritage birds are probably all right because they, by definition, have old genetic stock. But a lot of the free-range birds still come from the commercial breeding lines.
- hadessniper, on 11/27/2008, -3/+17Yes it is quite horrifying that we are keeping up with the worlds growing population by continuing to improve the output of our crops and edible animals. It is absolutely appalling that we try and make food cheaper and easier to grow. We should all just grow organic, which costs more to grow and has a lower yield per acre, because the world is over fed and it certainly needs more starving people.
- lostarchitect, on 11/27/2008, -6/+19Selective breeding, no. Selectively breeding animals on a massive industrial scale until they can't even walk? yes.
- lisaawesome, on 11/28/2008, -0/+11It is the American way. If you aren't fat, you're a terrorist.
- DarthPoo, on 11/27/2008, -3/+14Who cares if they can walk? Makes 'em even easier to catch.
- specialK16, on 11/27/2008, -1/+11Well, they do have the right to be delicious.
- glitchbit, on 11/27/2008, -1/+11In the year 3000 Turkey's will rule the world and be at the top of the food chain
oh what a thanksgiving it will be - DephexTwin, on 11/28/2008, -0/+9Thank you for telling us your cocktail ***** tale.
- Gemfinder, on 11/27/2008, -0/+9Nope, they ate venison at the first Thanksgiving.
The "tradition" of the Thanksgiving turkey began as a marketing ploy, sprang by (guess who?) a turkey farmers' association about a hundred years ago. - clickx, on 11/27/2008, -4/+12This is great news!
- allemande, on 11/27/2008, -3/+11moaaarrrrr!!!
- CAisBacK, on 11/27/2008, -0/+8OMG we have more food than 10 years ago? Damn is Digg the new Big Brother? Hmm is like they're trying to brainwash me... It's all a conspiracy all those shots when you were a kid? Naw tracing devices!!!
- orangester, on 11/27/2008, -1/+8This article just reminded me, I have to wait 3 more hours until I can have my Supersized turkey. I'm so hungry..
- quendiljt, on 11/28/2008, -0/+7There's nothing "older" about heritage turkey genes. They've just been selected for different traits. The same amount of mutation and genetic drift, etc., has gone on in heritage lineages as in more common commercial lineages.
- quendiljt, on 11/28/2008, -0/+7I like that cocktail has become a synonym of small.
- hammerpants, on 11/28/2008, -0/+7Thank you, science.
- Branchex, on 11/27/2008, -0/+6So basically what has happened to turkeys is bad but corn and potatoes is good.
- specialK16, on 11/27/2008, -1/+7Comment of the week.
- specialK16, on 11/27/2008, -1/+7Yeah, this place is all one freaking jungle with turkeys running around all over the place.
- maus56, on 11/27/2008, -2/+8I'll have a second helping of turkey, please. Heavy on the white meat!
- EvilHomer, on 11/27/2008, -4/+10Yes, let's pamper our food so nobody can afford it because we think they care about the conditions they live in. Let's go working on getting people skinnier first so we don't have to grow such engorged livestock.
- EmailAddress, on 11/28/2008, -4/+9At my local store they sold turkeys without hormones and other injections. They were selling them for $3.99 a pound. So a 17 pound turkey would be like $67... this is what it takes to eat "normal" these days, $67.
$67? who the ***** would spend that much money on one item of food?
This $67 turkey(no injections, no chemicals added, natural) should in fact be the norm and not some luxury item. - whoreable, on 11/28/2008, -0/+5I have a cocktail *****.
- AvatarofJustice, on 11/27/2008, -5/+10SCIENCE!!! Making farming more efficient and tasty.
***** all the naysayers. If we had to whip turkeys to make them taste better, I'd support it. They aren't human. They don't have rights. - lisaawesome, on 11/28/2008, -0/+5I should taste test the wild turkeys around here. See if they are more delicious than the ***** from the store.
- gatorfree, on 11/28/2008, -0/+5Here's to Wild Turkey!
- Super6, on 11/28/2008, -0/+5They increase at a rate of 1 pound every 2.5 years so when I'm 87 the average turkey will be a little over 60 pounds. Kick ass!
- kroni, on 11/27/2008, -1/+6"The americans/ERR/// birds also have a hard time regulating their own food intake. In essence, they eat too much and get fat.
- 808ethan, on 11/28/2008, -0/+5Note to wired: +100% height = +10,00% area.
- Nialsh, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4For sure. I can't believe Wired is getting away with putting up such a deceptive chart.
I guess increasing area by 100% doesn't have much of an impact, and turkeys turn ugly when you scale them in only one axis. - selrahc, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4If people can't afford it they won't buy it. So that would actually work quite well for getting people skinnier.
- fasda, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4Why? nature on its own creates animals that survive not animals that solely function as food for larger animals. Without hormones and other injections more of the turkeys , end up with lower weights and longer times to get to max weight. This all leads to less profit and potentially losses if they charged the same price as turkey that received injections. Basically the extra cost is for demanding a near complete lack of care for the animals.
- junkneo, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4Oh great, now I have to supersize my oven.
- JYoungest1, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4I always wondered where to buy different types of popcorn, considering there is so many types of corn.
- 808ethan, on 11/28/2008, -0/+4Hurrah!!
- Brassbud, on 11/28/2008, -0/+3Are commercial domestic turkey's usually male or female? I would guess female for temperament and maybe meat quality, but if they're male, a 20lb turkey isn't that much bigger than the average wild gobbler.
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