Being a Fox Home Entertainment Insider has truly brought such joy into our lives. We have the pleasure of receiving awesome films for viewing and some cool activity sheets as well. I love how we can incorporate activities and facts with our movie experience. On February 4, 2014 Free Birds
will be available to own on Blu-Ray and DVD! Free Birds is an animated feature film about the adventures of two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks who travel back in time in order to keep their species off the Thanksgiving menu. Featuring an all-star voice cast, including Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler it’s sure to be a good time!
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Turkeys:
1. Turkeys need to be trained to eat. In order for turkeys to reach their biggest size, they must be taught to eat small meals throughout the day, instead of their natural routine of consistently gorging themselves on food.
2. A turkey’s snood (red thing attached to the beak) serves no functional purpose.
3. A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
4. Young turkeys are called “poults.”
5. Turkeys were domesticated by Native Americans in pre-Columbian Mexico, more than 500 years ago. They arrived in Spain in 1519 and quickly spread to the rest of Europe.
6. Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees. They do this as a way of avoiding predators in the wild.
7. Female turkeys (hens) do not gobble. Instead, they communicate through low-chirps and clicking noises.
8. Wild turkeys can fly. They are actually quite fast, reaching speeds as fast as 55mph.
9. Turkeys can blush. This usually takes place when they are frightened, agitated, excited, or ill. And here we thought they were just bashful!
10. A turkey’s stomach has a container called the gizzard. It contains small stones the turkey has swallowed which help aid with breaking down food for digestion, since the birds do not have teeth.
Have some movie fun with a Free Birds Word Search Printable:
Click here to print your full size Free Birds word search activity.
The Giveaway:
One lucky reader will get a copy of Free Birds on DVD of their own! Giveaway is US only and ends February 11, 2014. Please wait for the form to load and good luck!
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latanya says
Turkeys can blush.
Jennifer Nicole says
All these turkey facts are making me hungry! My favorite fact is that they can blush. I didn’t realize they were so emotional!
Paula Gillespie says
Wild turkeys can fly. They are actually quite fast, reaching speeds as fast as 55mph
Will G says
3. A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
Todd Lovessweeps says
3. A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
valerie says
Turkeys prefer to sleep in the trees!
Cheryl Abdelnour says
I LIKE– 3. A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away. Talk about a loud mouth!
Jen L says
Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees.
Jackie says
My favorite fact: Wild turkeys can fly. They are actually quite fast, reaching speeds as fast as 55mph.
We have wild turkeys around my neighborhood. I did not know they could fly!
Dorothy Teel says
THe one about gizzards, I always wondered what gizzards were good for and now I know.
Claudia says
Turkey can flush, Thank you!
Heidi F says
I never realized the snood serves no purpose!!
Daniel M says
3. A turkey’s gobble can be heard from a mile away.
Birdiebee says
My favorite turkey fact is: Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees. They do this as a way of avoiding predators in the wild.
Bernie W says
I like Turkeys are actually quite fast, reaching speeds as fast as 55mph.
Wendy Mastin says
I didn’t realize that 6. Turkeys prefer to sleep in trees. They do this as a way of avoiding predators in the wild.
Cassandra Eastman says
That Turkey’s can actually blush! What fun facts!
Terry Maigi says
Love these facts! I hadn’t heard of most of them! My favorite is that they sleep in trees!
laurie says
I like the A turkey’s snood (red thing attached to the beak) serves no functional purpose
Robyn says
#9, I think its kind of interesting that they can actually blush!
Jennifer Marie says
I didn’t know that Young turkeys are called “poults.”