Crazy Facts About Turkeys
“When you think about it, the turkey is a crazy-looking bird...
Wild turkeys are native to & found only in North America... Benjamin Franklin thought that the turkey would better represent the United States than the eagle, which he called a ‘bird of bad moral character’.
Male turkeys are called ‘gobblers’, after the sound they use to attract females, called ‘hens’.
Turkeys have sharp spurs on their legs for fighting. Spur length is a good way to tell a turkey’s age...
A running wild turkey can reach a speed of 25 mph, & it can fly up to 55 mph...
When tracking a wild turkey, you can tell the bird’s sex by its poop. Male-produced droppings are spiral-shaped, while a female’s poop is J-shaped.
Although we associate ‘gobble’ with turkeys, only males make that sound most often during spring mating season. Otherwise, turkeys yelp, cluck, cackle, & purr when they’re content.
Baby turkeys hatch with feathers, able to run & feed themselves.”
Lisa Kaplan Gordon
November 10, 2015
care2.com
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