Too-Real Photos Of Live Turkeys That'll Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner

Come Thanksgiving, all anyone thinks about is the feast. The stuffing, sides, thepie. Brining, cooking and carvingof the turkey.Not many of us stop and think about what the turkey were preparing actually looks like before it ends up de-feathered in our kitchen, in a neat, lifeless bundle. Considering that Americans eat 46 million turkeys each year around this holiday, its time we all remind ourselves what were really eating.Were just going to break it to you: theyre terrifying. And they come in all shapes and sizes.Humans started off by hunting and eating wild turkeys, but over the years weve selectively bred them to become the broader-breasted, domesticated turkeys that we eat commercially today. The majority of domesticated turkeyssold commercially are broad-breasted whites ' those are the ones pardoned by the president every year ' but there a handful of other breeds (some heritage) that also make it on the table.We just think a dose of reality always lends some much-needed perspective. Bon appetit!type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=55f98185e4b0b48f67016cc5,57d0024ee4b03d2d45975a06,57ffaabfe4b05eff55820176 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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