More than 293 million Americans (that’s a whopping 88%) will feast on turkey November 28th. It’s no wonder gobblers are synonymous with Thanksgiving. Domestic turkeys are bred for meat production and can weigh up to 41 pounds.
Due to their mass, domestic turkeys cannot fly. They typically sport white feathers. Turkeys are only native to the Americas and were first domesticated by the Mayans 2,000 years ago. Spanish explorers took domesticated turkeys back to Europe in the 1500s. It wasn’t long before turkeys were being raised all over the old world. When colonists came to North America, they brought domestic turkeys with them.
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