1) What are the vital statistics of the 72-foot-high Betty Boop balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
- a shapely 34-24-36 (feet that is)
2) What's the biggest turkey to tip the scales?
- The biggest turkey known to man weighed in at 86 pounds. He was raised in the United Kingdom. Most domesticated turkeys weigh between 14 to 45 pounds -- live. They weigh less once they’re “dressed" (how ironic).
3) The wild turkey is one of the world’s fastest birds. True or False?
- Believe it or not, these birds can really cook! Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles an hour. But they prefer to have their feet on the ground, where they can run nearly 30 miles an hour. Domesticated turkeys -- the ones that end up in the grocer's freezer -- are not so light on their feet. They can’t fly.
4) Why is it an insult to call someone a turkey?
- Turkeys have developed quite an unsavory reputation. They are rather dim. Turkeys are also mean when they are in a group or “flock.” They have been known to attack the family dog. And to make matters worse, they smell bad too, but only when they’re wet. “There’s nothin’ worse than the smell of wet poultry.”
5) What do you call the bright red thing that hangs under a turkey’s chin?
- The wattle is the loose skin that hangs below a turkey’s beak. If you thought “snood,” you would have been close. The snood is also red, but it starts at the base of the turkey’s beak and hangs over the top.
- a shapely 34-24-36 (feet that is)
2) What's the biggest turkey to tip the scales?
- The biggest turkey known to man weighed in at 86 pounds. He was raised in the United Kingdom. Most domesticated turkeys weigh between 14 to 45 pounds -- live. They weigh less once they’re “dressed" (how ironic).
3) The wild turkey is one of the world’s fastest birds. True or False?
- Believe it or not, these birds can really cook! Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles an hour. But they prefer to have their feet on the ground, where they can run nearly 30 miles an hour. Domesticated turkeys -- the ones that end up in the grocer's freezer -- are not so light on their feet. They can’t fly.
4) Why is it an insult to call someone a turkey?
- Turkeys have developed quite an unsavory reputation. They are rather dim. Turkeys are also mean when they are in a group or “flock.” They have been known to attack the family dog. And to make matters worse, they smell bad too, but only when they’re wet. “There’s nothin’ worse than the smell of wet poultry.”
5) What do you call the bright red thing that hangs under a turkey’s chin?
- The wattle is the loose skin that hangs below a turkey’s beak. If you thought “snood,” you would have been close. The snood is also red, but it starts at the base of the turkey’s beak and hangs over the top.