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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 905177" data-attributes="member: 1246">ABOUT THAT TURKEY...There are many reasons given being the name &#039;Turkey&#039; for the particular bird. While some think it simply because it produces the sound of &#039;turk, turk…&#039;, others trace it back to the Native American version of the name of the bird, which was &#039;Firkee&#039;. Some others connect the origin of the word to Christopher Columbus, who mistook America for India and &#039;turkey&#039; for a type of peacock. Thus, he tried to name the word based on the Tamil translation of peacock, which he knew was &#039;Tuka&#039;. Though, it was discovered later that the bird actually belonged to the pheasant family, people kept using the name for the bird.While there was some conflict over &#039;turkey&#039; and &#039;bald eagle&#039; for being the National Bird of America. Benjamin Franklin voted out &#039;bald eagle&#039; for being cowardly.Though people prefer the meat of older male turkeys for they find younger tom turkeys to be too stringy, they prefer younger female turkeys for older female ones have tougher meat.People do name turkeys according to their age - Turkeys less than sixteen weeks old are called &#039;fryers&#039; while those between five to seven months of age are called &#039;young roasters&#039;.Turkey is the only native poultry breed of the Western Hemisphere.Turkeys have great hearing skills but no ears.Turkeys can see in colors, have excellent visual acuity and their field of vision spans across about 270 degrees.Turkeys have poor sense of smell but great sense of taste.Wild turkeys can fly at a speed of as much as 55 miles per hour over short distances and are good runners with a speed of about 25 miles per hour.Turkeys are so sensitive that they can drown by looking up while it is raining and can have heart attacks due to sudden shocks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 905177, member: 1246"] ABOUT THAT TURKEY... There are many reasons given being the name 'Turkey' for the particular bird. While some think it simply because it produces the sound of 'turk, turk…', others trace it back to the Native American version of the name of the bird, which was 'Firkee'. Some others connect the origin of the word to Christopher Columbus, who mistook America for India and 'turkey' for a type of peacock. Thus, he tried to name the word based on the Tamil translation of peacock, which he knew was 'Tuka'. Though, it was discovered later that the bird actually belonged to the pheasant family, people kept using the name for the bird. While there was some conflict over 'turkey' and 'bald eagle' for being the National Bird of America. Benjamin Franklin voted out 'bald eagle' for being cowardly. Though people prefer the meat of older male turkeys for they find younger tom turkeys to be too stringy, they prefer younger female turkeys for older female ones have tougher meat. People do name turkeys according to their age - Turkeys less than sixteen weeks old are called 'fryers' while those between five to seven months of age are called 'young roasters'. Turkey is the only native poultry breed of the Western Hemisphere. Turkeys have great hearing skills but no ears. Turkeys can see in colors, have excellent visual acuity and their field of vision spans across about 270 degrees. Turkeys have poor sense of smell but great sense of taste. Wild turkeys can fly at a speed of as much as 55 miles per hour over short distances and are good runners with a speed of about 25 miles per hour. Turkeys are so sensitive that they can drown by looking up while it is raining and can have heart attacks due to sudden shocks. [/QUOTE]

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