Turkeys don't like skunks. Skunks like turkeys, but mainly because they can eat the baby chicks. So it isn't surprising that when a skunk comes around, a mother turkey will attack it to keep it away from her babies. Here is another fact about turkey mothers. They respond to their chicks saying "cheep cheep". If the chick says "cheep cheep" the mother will care for it. No "cheep cheep" and the mother will ignore it and sometimes even kill it. So if you are a baby chick, the "cheep cheep" is very important. In a slightly bizarre experiment, scientists rigged a stuffed skunk and sent it toward a mother turkey. Ask expected, the turkey attacked the stuffed skunk with … [Read more...]
