Turkey Trivia is a great way to test what you learned during your Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Test your Turkey Trivia Knowledge with your family and friends at your holiday dinner this month.
Here are some “Turkey Trivia Tidbits” to test the family’s turkey knowledge this month. Southern Nevada is not home to wild turkeys; it’s a little too dry. Neighboring states raise domestic birds and also have wild turkeys. Our daughter lives west of Sacramento and has a small flock of turkeys visiting her street every day.
We have written and are sharing this article with you because we were amazed at how little we knew. This is our historically favorite American holiday dinner food. Feel free to share this page with your family and friends. You’ll fill your brain with turkey trivia but try not to stuff yourself with turkey! Gotta have room for dessert!
How Much Turkey Trivia Do You Know?
- Wild turkeys have five sub-species in North America: Eastern (found here in South Carolina), Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam’s, and Gould’s.
- An adult male wild turkey has about 5,500 feathers. Those include 18 tail feathers that make the male’s distinctive fan.
- A wild turkey can run faster than a galloping horse at full speed. Due to crossbreeding, domestic turkeys have shorter legs than wild birds.
- Only wild turkeys can fly and reach speeds of about 55 miles per hour.
- Domestic turkeys do not fly due to genetic modifications and crossbreeding.
- Wild turkeys see in color and see three times better than a human. Their visual field is more than 270 degrees. They have excellent daytime vision.
- Wild turkeys are omnivores. They feed on acorns, nuts, seeds, berries, and greens, as well as insects, small amphibians, and reptiles.
- A turkey’s sex is determined by the shape of its droppings. Female droppings are spiral-shaped, and male droppings are j-shaped.
- A male turkey’s head can be solid red, white, blue, or a combination of all three. The wild turkey’s bald head and fleshy facial wattles can change color with excitement in seconds.
- The Snood is the skin flap hanging over a turkey’s bill. It can change color, size, and shape based on the turkey’s mood and activities.
- Toms are adult male turkeys, and females are hens. Very young wild turkeys are called poults, juvenile males are jakes, and juvenile females are jennies. A flock or rafter is a group of turkeys.
Google Turkey Trots and Santa Runs, or check your local paper. Before dinner, you can work up an appetite while helping your local charities.
Regardless of what you think about when you hear the word “turkey,” we hope you have a healthy and happy holiday season!
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