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Just the Zoo of Us

170: Wild Turkey (REPLAY)

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

Wildlife Science, Science, Zoology, Wildlife, Nature, Science Communication, Kids & Family, Animals, Pets & Animals

4.8 β€’ 592 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ellen goes on an odyssey through history with the wild turkey.

Transcript

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Hi there, friends. This week, as we are hosting family for the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to reach back into our backlog and dust off this festive episode on the Wild Turkey from 2022. It is still one of my favorites. So whether you are a newer listener and haven't heard it yet or have been with us for a while and could go for a refresher, please enjoy episode 170 on The Wild Turkey. Hi, everybody, it's Ellen Weatherford.

0:56.0

And Christian Weatherford.

0:57.2

And we're here with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, where we review

1:01.4

your favorite animals by rating them out of 10 in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity,

1:06.5

and aesthetics.

1:07.7

We are not zoological experts, but we try our best to get the most trustworthy information

1:13.1

we can.

1:14.1

Usually each week, Christian and I bring our own animal, each a separate animal.

1:19.3

Mm-hmm.

1:19.8

We're doing something a little different this week because it's a holiday.

1:23.3

We really wanted to do an episode highlighting the turkey because American Thanksgiving is this week.

1:30.5

It is.

1:31.5

Yes. And originally we were just going to do two different North American animals, except I got

1:37.8

so into my turkey notes that I realized that I had six pages of things to say about the turkey, and there was no way

1:47.2

that we were going to be able to fit two animals, and I didn't want your animal to be snubbed.

1:54.0

We'll be in the future, I'm sure.

1:55.9

Yeah, the next one, you can come back with that one.

1:58.4

It's really good.

1:59.6

Stay tuned.

2:00.4

So I figure that, you know, back with that one. It's really good. Stay tuned.

2:07.5

So I figure that, you know, anybody who is celebrating Thanksgiving this week might be eating a turkey.

2:12.7

I don't know, not everybody eats turkeys for Thanksgiving, but it is kind of the more traditional meal.

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