3.The wild turkey and the domestic turkey (which we eat), both belong to the same species, but they look different because the domestic ones descended from a different subspecies.
4.The prophetic turkey wishbone you tug on after a meal is actually a skeletal feature that first evolved in early dinosaurs.
5.A group of turkeys can be referred to as a rafter.
6.Turkeys have a 300-degree field of vision without moving their head.
7.That dangly appendage on a turkey's head is called a snood. That flappy bit under the chin is called a wattle or dewlap.
8.Both the snood and the wattle can be found on males and females, but they are much more prominent in males.
9.Female turkeys seem to prefer gobblers with longer snoods. Other males are generally subordinate to their big-snooded peers.
One could say they get a bit ~snoody.~
10.A group of related males will band together to court females, though only one member will end up getting lucky.
15.And the most important of all turkey facts: Male and female turkeys poop differently. A gobbler poops in a "J" or "L" shape, while a hen prefers to leave more of a spiral dump.
