TURKEYS
Bird     -     Vertebrate     -    Herbivore   -   Omnivore (wild Turkeys)

RIO GRANDE TURKEYS

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Male:  Tom, Gobbler, Slag, Jake (immature)

Female:  Hen

Young:  Poult

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TURKEYS

• Like to eat grass, clover.
• Wild turkeys are ominous, eating nuts, snakes, insects and berries.
• A farmed turkey will eat soybeans and corn.
• Head changes colour hen it is excited.
• A male turkey will blush when he meets a female turkey.
• Can drown if they look up while it is raining.
• Can fly - but not very fast or very high.
• Can see in colour.
• Skins are used to make cowboy boots and belts.
• Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national emblem of the United States - the turkey (not the national emblem The Bald Eagle, gets the 'honour' of being the dish of the national holiday - Thanksgiving.

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Visit:  Turkeys . COLLECTIVE NOUNS, SIMILE, IDIOMS, METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS

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