Well, first of all raise your hand all those who knew that all turkeys were artificially inseminated?
That's right! Originally all turkeys used to be about the same size, both male and female. But farmers decided to do some selective breeding in order to have bigger birds. So now, there's a problems: the big boy turkeys are too big to procreate with the female turkey. The only solution left is artificial insemination. I once saw on TV a guy who had the weirdest job title in the world: he was a turkey mas******or! everybody laughed so he had to explain the whole deal...
Also, flirting turkeys are just plain pretty dumb... and I'd even go to say even worse than flirting guys.
A bunch of zoologist specializing in animal reproductive behavior had built a mock female turkey with a rubber head for a study of mating rituals. Lets just say the fake turkey was pretty appealing to the male. So they decided to place a bet on how much of the turkey decoy the could remove before the male lost interest. Well, lets just say that they all lost their bets! In the end, all they had was a stick planted in the ground with part of a rubber head attached to it... and the male turkey still thought it was pretty sexy.
Also, most people complain that turkey is a dry meat. That's because most people cook it the wrong way around. If you cook it with the belly down, the meat will be more moist. Thing is that these birds have pretty strong leg and chest muscles but very boney backs. When you cook the meat in the juice, it gets better than if let to dry in the oven.
So these are the weird facts I know about the most improbable bird to still roam the earth.
