Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

    Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!!!!!! I hope you eat lots of pumpkin pie...or maybe only I do that...Anyway, here are some fun facts about turkeys:

• Turkeys are more than just big chickens–more than 45 million years of evolution separates the two species.

• The wild turkey was hunted nearly to extinction by the early 1900s, when the population reached a low of around 30,000 birds. But restoration programs across North America have brought the numbers up to seven million today.

• There are six subspecies of wild turkey, all native to North America. The pilgrims hunted and ate the eastern wild turkey, M. gallopavo silvestris, which today has a range that covers the eastern half of the United States and extends into Canada. These birds, sometimes called the forest turkey, are the most numerous of all the turkey subspecies, numbering more than five million.

• The Aztecs domesticated another subspecies, M. gallapavo gallopavo, the south Mexican wild turkey, and the Spanish brought those turkeys to Europe. The pilgrims then brought several of these domestic turkeys back to North America.

•  Male turkeys are called “gobblers,” after the “gobble” call they make to announce themselves to females (which are called “hens”) and compete with other males. Other turkey sounds include “purrs,” “yelps” and “kee-kees.”

    I just got all of that from the Smithsonian website and have no idea what most of it means, but I hope you learn anyway! Also, don't forget to fill out this quiz!Once again have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!