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The world is a hilarious place. The internet has started to become what the television used to be. A place for stupid, popular culture. So much so, that everything with even a hint of hilarity makes it to the book of memes. A majority of memes are captioned photos which are intended to be funny. Just like this peacock which turned into a meme instantly for trolling mating turkeys in a zoo.
So at the zoo this weekend I met this peacock, who is THE WORLD'S MOST MAGNIFICENT TROLL. I am still laughing. (Bird drama thread!) pic.twitter.com/T661smDlGB
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
So he's one of those peacocks who just wanders randomly around the zoo. He's outside the fence that you see there.
In fact, the fence is for an enclosure that includes pronghorn and—this is the relevant part—wild turkeys.
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
Now, I happen to have a ton of wild turkeys in my neighborhood, and I can tell you that this is the season of Trying To Impress The Ladies, which, for tom torkeys, involves a lot of strutting around and fanning your tail.
I'm sure you can see where this is going.
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
So this poor tom turkey is showing off for his ladies with what is a genuinely impressive tail fan for a turkey, when UP ROLLS THIS GUY like "Helloooooo, ladies."
And the lady turkeys are all like "Oooooooh" and suddenly Tom doesn't even exist. pic.twitter.com/clMLU7aGVd
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
His tail droops. The ladies are all chatting it up with Prince Fancypants, who is ABSOLUTELY DOING THIS ON PURPOSE.
But Tom is determined. He fans that tail again, tries to catch their eyes. I mean, this jerk isn't even the same SPECIES.
HA HA HA no. The ladies don't care.
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
Tom tries to herd the ladies away from this interloping showoff. Like OMG CAN YOU STOP STARING AT HIM I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING HE'S NO GOOD FOR YOU LOOK AT MY TAIL DAMMIT PLEEEEEAAASE. pic.twitter.com/aC1iH8thDO
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
And the ladies are all NOPE HA HA SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HOW MAGNIFICENT HIS TAIL IS and just WALK AROUND HIM TO GO STARE AT THE PEACOCK SOME MORE. pic.twitter.com/5YDIC3MyNc
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
This went on for as long as my family would let me watch and giggle at this poor tom and the High Prince of Fabulous Trolls, and I'm sure much longer than that. For all I know, this is just what that peacock does all day, for fun. pic.twitter.com/x9CqM6cxRV
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
So I guess if you're ever feeling like someone is upstaging you, wow, just be glad you're not this poor turkey.
— Melissa Caruso (@melisscaru) May 14, 2018
Something like this…. Maybe the poles are positioned such that they divide the pic in 3 parts! 😂 pic.twitter.com/xwVEYBpewB
— Dont know why I & 200 others (@absrb) May 14, 2018
OMG pic.twitter.com/2A6J0WcnG9
— Alex Kerfoot (@akerfoot) May 15, 2018
— Mike Rayhawk (@mikerayhawk) May 15, 2018
— Supreme Court Places (@SCOTUSPlaces) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/JohnnyNoblebody/status/996405391650009088
I was eating breakfast when I read this. Bahahaha! pic.twitter.com/E9oy0alMgu
— S.L.Hutchinson (@SLHutchinson) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/yerbasuena/status/996070107297304576
Wonderful! Peacocks are as pretty as they are petty.
— Renaissance Mandalorian (@indik) May 15, 2018
Have you ever been in a similar situation as poor Tom? Let us know in the comments below.
