2006-10-14 16:23:09 · 6 answers · asked by fariefra 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
That is an old story that wasn't true when first told and is still not true.
Another old wives tale is that turkeys are stupid. The tame ones are, but wild turkeys are among the smartest of creatures. Ben Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be our national bird.
2006-10-14 16:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, domesticated turkeys do drown a lot. We've raised them and have had them drown in very shallow puddles, and it is a big problem if you have a duck pond. I'm not sure about the rain, but they really drown easily and seem to have no sense of water danger and no ability to get themselves out of water if in trouble.
2016-05-22 03:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Dorothy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkeys may survive a rainstorm, but they have acquired notoriety as being among the stupider creatures on the planet.
2006-10-14 16:26:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just a silly myth, altho turkeys are not the smartest animals in the world.
2006-10-14 16:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have turkeys and I have never seen them do that. I think that is an old wives tell
2006-10-14 16:27:16 · answer #5 · answered by lane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they're the dumbest birds, in existsence, and or
they like to be in the rain.
2006-10-14 16:26:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋