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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Prior to this discovery, the earliest evidence of M.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Why not just shoot the biggest one?

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