Tag: north america

The Wild Turkey: The Evolution and History of an American Icon

November 24, 2018 Nick Schofield 1 Comment

There’s this long-standing idea that Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s Founding Fathers, had a soft spot for turkeys. So much…

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Posted in: General Filed under: america, ben franklin, bird, cenozoic, evolution, gamebird, north america, pleistocene, pliocene, thanksgiving, turkey, wild turkey

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