I'm fascinated by this animal; mainly because people think they know it well but are often mistaken about it... I always had odd tastes anyway. And I'm not speaking of the domestic turkey, which is fat and dull.

Turkeys are said to gather and gobble together before a storm occurs. The wild turkey is the heaviest bird of its family and one of the biggest flying birds in the world, but did you know it can fly at speeds of 90 kilometers per hour ?! That's awesome to see such a big creature move so fast.
This colourful bird is native to the North America. There are five subspecies that differ in size, habitat and range. The eastern wild turkey is the most common species, and has bronze reflections to its feathers, it's the turkey shown below. The four other subspecies have more colourful feathering, showing red, blue, green, purple and yellow reflections on their breast and back.

Ocellated Turkey


There is also a second species of turkey, the ocellated turkey, which was thought to be a cross between a peafowl and a turkey in the early 1900's. It is a little smaller than the wild turkey and can be found exclusively in central america. It's cry is very different form the gobbling we know; it sounds more like a drum and a whistle mixed together. They are also agile and fast fliers and were kept for food by the mayans, who thought of them as birds of the gods. In fact, both species of turkeys were treated with reverence and over-protected by the mayan shamans.

*This is just an informative thread made on this more-than-boring day.*