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in zuua, Americans ate, on average, 16.7 pounds of turkey each. • The heaviest turkey raised weighed 86 pounds. • Wild turkeys can run as fast as 20 miles per hour, can fly short distances at speeds up to 55 miles an hour. Domestic turkeys cannot fly. • Turkeys’ heads change color when they are excited. • To raise a 30 pound tom turkey requires 75 to 80 pounds of feed. • In 2005, turkey growers in the United States raised 256,270,000 turkeys. • Figures from 2002 show 8,436 turkey farms in the United States. • Consumption: Thanksgiving, 45 million Christmas, 22 million Easter, 19 million • On a quiet day, the gobble of a tom turkey can be heard for a mile. • Turkeys see in color. A wild turkey can spot even the slightest movement from a hundred yards away. Turkeys do not see well at night.
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