Let's Talk Turkey ... Before It Becomes Dinner!

The Turkey: Before it Becomes Thanksgiving Dinner 

• A Turkeys’ head changes colors when it’s excited
   
• Turkeys can drown if they look up while it’s raining
   
• Turkeys can have heart attacks
   
• Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the Turkey the U.S. national bird instead of the bald Eagle
   
• Wild Turkeys can fly up to 55 mph for short distances
   
• Even though Turkeys have great hearing, they don’t have any external ears
   
• Turkeys can see in color
   
• Scientists believe that the Turkey has been around for over 10 million years
   
• When they reach maturity, the average Turkey will have more than 3,500 feathers
   
• It is possible for both male and female Turkeys to have beards (black, hair like feathers on their chest)
   
• Turkeys can sense movement over 100 yards away
   
• Male Turkeys gobble, but female Turkeys do not
   
• Each year, the President will pardon at least one Turkey.