The turkey has a beard
Yes! Males display a proud black tuft on chestwhose texture is close to horsehair.
However, despite their appearance, they are not hairs, but of feathers. They grow throughout the turkey's life.
The turkey's head can change color
The wattlesthe growths of flesh on the turkey's head, can change from pink to red and even purple or blue!
The stronger the emotionsthe brighter the colors!
The turkey is a great seducer
The turkey has perfect control the art of parade. He cartwheels and proudly displays his hang on.
Indeed, its excrescence of flesh located above the beak can be retracted or hang down to their chest to please the turkeys… or impress rivals !
Learn more about turkeys
SaTerreLipopette recommends the very beautiful book by Fabienne Delfour, “What do turkeys think of Christmas? Dare to put yourself in the animal's place”, published by Tana éditions.
Science has already shown that animals experience the world subjectively, that they feel a wide range of emotionsthat they are subject to joy, fear, stress, pain, that they are capable of empathy and solidarity or, on the contrary, of deception to serve their interests.
By becoming the spokesperson for constructivist ethology, a discipline which studies the behavior of animals considered as subjects and not individuals, the author suggests going further, removing our anthropocentric biped glasses to being interested in animals in the first person and defend your point of view.
Based on the observation of our domestic companions, wild animals and those in zoological parks, the author suggests to us reinvent our relationship with animalsto forge new links with them and to find the means of their protection and preservation, individually and beyond militant postures, in order to build a world respectful of living things and concerned with the sharing of resources and space.
