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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

There are a lot of other large Galliforme birds around the world, and before the Spanish were busy conquering the New World, one of these, from Central Asia most likely, was already being imported as a food product and as live birds into Europe. Diffusion to other european countries subsequently was very rapid.

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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

10,000 Birds

And that’s not all: I’m even relaxing my unwritten prohibition against featuring domestic fowl. But is there a bird more emblematic of France than the humble – yet decidedly exotic – farmyard chicken? Introduced, exotic, possibly ship-assisted Red Junglefowl can be found all across France.

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