Discover the top 10 intriguing turkey facts to amaze your friends this holiday season.
- Turkeys are known to exhibit over 20 distinct vocalisations.
- The male’s distinctive ‘gobble’ sound can be heard up to a mile away.
- Each turkey has a unique voice.
- Wild turkeys form strong and complex social structures, communicating by means of calling, touching and visual displays.
- Turkeys roost in trees at night for protection from predators.
- Wild turkeys are very active, reaching speeds of up to 25 miles per hour when running.
- Wild turkeys can fly in short bursts.
- A young turkey is called a poult.
- Turkeys have unusual looking flaps of skin covering their beak (the ‘snood’), below their chin (the ‘wattle’) and on the neck (‘caruncles’).
- Turkeys can live up to 10 years in the wild.
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