Turkey Facts

# Domesticated turkeys cannot fly. Wild turkeys, however, can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. They can also reach speeds of 25 miles per hour on the ground.
# Turkeys sometimes spend the night in trees.
# Turkeys can have heart attacks: turkeys in fields near the Air Force test areas over which the sound barrier was broken were known to drop dead from the shock of passing jets
# The ballroom dance known as the Turkey Trot was named for the short, jerky steps a turkey makes.

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