turkey vulture quiz

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when turkey vultures are threatened, they

  1. vomit
  2. play dead
  3. razzle dazzle

 

turkey vultures locate carrion by

  1. leaving no trace in that way
  2. positive thinking
  3. smell

 

the turkey vulture uses ___ to stay soaring

  1. the hob-heeled fist of chance
  2. thermals and updrafts
  3. various bribes and official oversight

 

turkey vultures pee on themselves to

  1. hit the jackpot
  2. kill the bacteria on their feet from walking through carcasses
  3. stay cool man

 

on an extreme close-up, a turkey vulture’s little red head makes you want to

  1. stroke the soft stubbly hairs with your index finger, barely daring to breathe; fall into a swoon forever
  2. find another being to take care of if you don’t have one already, sing him/her a lullaby
  3. marry him anyway

 

the head is featherless because

  1. the bird is in many ways negligent
  2. it flew to the sun which it pushed back in order to cool the world, singeing occurred
  3. that way rotten flesh won’t stick to it

 

the turkey vulture sits with its wings spread out to

  1. dry its feathers
  2. increase its surface area so as to get warm quicker
  3. be spooky like playing ghosts with bedsheets

 

unlike other raptors, turkey vultures have

  1. nasal passages that are completely open at each end, like a train station
  2. feet made for walking
  3. the attitude of not taking what hasn’t been freely given

 

a turkey vulture walks like

  1. getting out of a bath
  2. a game of hopscotch
  3. saying one thing and meaning another

 

two meters is

  1. a happy bubble
  2. the distance the birds can projectile vomit
  3. the average area for turkey vulture hopscotch

 

if a turkey vulture gorges itself it can have trouble

  1. admitting it’s relapsed
  2. regaining inner peace
  3. getting off the ground again

 

the turkey vulture soars

  1. in a relationship of honesty with itself
  2. engaging interactively with every passing thought
  3. in wobbly circles

 

turkey vultures can survive anthrax and botulism bacteria because

  1. they do not have a well-developed sickness vocabulary or social script, do not use “should have” or “if only” statements, and always forgive
  2. they are hiding right outside your door and you can’t seem to shake them off your trail
  3. they have highly acidic stomachs

 

turkey vultures can’t kill because

  1. they are committed to doing no harm
  2. they are too lazy
  3. they can’t grab anything with their feet

 

turkey vultures can be killed by

  1. humans who wrongly believe they attack livestock
  2. vehicle collisions when eating on the road (humans)
  3. lead in shot animals, and pesticides in other carcasses (humans)

 

a turkey vulture perched on a branch in a strong wind looks like

  1. a collapsed umbrella
  2. a toaster oven
  3. an unpredictable future

* “they are hiding …” lyrics from John Mayer, “Vultures.”

“turkey vulture quiz” was previously published in Entropy, Dec 2017 (USA).

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