A video of more than a dozen wild turkeys circling a cat caused a stir after being shared on social media this week.

The video shows an estimated 17 turkeys circling the feline. The birds kept their distance, blocking most of the street.

Jonathan Davis came across the birds Thursday morning on a residential street in Randolph and shared the video on Twitter, joking that "these turkeys trying to give this cat its 10th life."

In a later tweet he wrote that that turkeys were gawking at the cat "not to kill it, but like a ritual lol."

David Scarpitti of the National Wild Turkey Federation, told Boston Magazine that birds' behavior was unusual.

Turkeys, he said, are fearful of cats and view them as predators. Scarpitti told Boston Magazine that the birds were likely trying to inspect the animal on the ground, keeping a distance, while remaining in motion.




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