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Unlike the nearly 50 million turkeys Americans will eat this Thanksgiving, the two lucky birds that visited the White House today will not face the butcher.

While Peas was chosen to receive the presidential pardon, both he and Carrots will live out the rest of their turkey lives -- an expectancy of 10 years -- at Virginia Tech's "Gobblers Rest" exhibit.

The birds will be cared for by students and veterinarians in the university's Animal and Poultry Sciences Department.

Last year's White House turkeys, Drumstick and Wishbone, were also sent to Gobblers Rest, where they joined Tater and Tot, the turkeys former President Barack Obama pardoned in 2016.