Janissy wrote:
Turkeys don't seem to be as smart. They are unable to problem solve in this way. Unlike squirrels, they walk straight into traffic, never waiting for a safe time to cross, and they don't alter their course at all to adjust for car trajectories the way squirrels do. But I don't see dead turkeys in the road. Instead I see all traffic grinding to a halt until they cross because they are so large. Unlike squirrels, they are under no selection pressure to develop the ability to gauge traffic. So I consider them less smart than squirrels because they don't have to be. They aren't required to solve that problem.They survive to have babies regardless.
Do you mean domestic or wild turkeys? Domestic turkeys have been bred to be incredibly stupid, but the wild turkeys here in southern Appalachia are very smart. There is a reason Ben Franklin suggested they be the national bird.
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01 Dec 2011, 6:44 pm
