Oh, hey, it's the middle-aged lady signing up for a flamenco class, Allie Ward, and don't you dare assume this is an encore episode.

Turkeys in May, you ask? Have you ever heard of an edit calendar you may be asking me? I have, and I don't care.

This is a natural fit for coming out in November, which is why we're putting it out in May.

I want you to hear about the wonders of giant birds all year round because they're out there

gobble squawkin and manipulating you every day the sun shines and even on days that it doesn't.

So we're putting this fresh, brand new episode out in May.

As it turns out, I've lived my life

greatly misinformed about turkeys. And unless you're a maligrologist, you will also be shocked.

Speaking of theology, it is impossible to say, I just tried to say it several times and had to cut out

the blunders. But this term has been used exactly once as far as the literature goes, but I'm going to stick to it.

So the genus and species of the birding question is Melagris Galopavo, and it's the turkey.

And its name means literally guinea fowl rooster peacock.

And in some indigenous languages, the name just translates to big bird.

Large they are.

Around 20 pounds in the wild, 40 pounds, chunkers in captivity.

And they're majestic with every feather.

So this ologist has studied them for years.

And they got their PhD in anthropology, archaeology,

at the University of New Mexico, where they are an adjunct assistant professor.

They've worked as an archaeologist and tribal technical liaison for Los Alamos National Labs.

They've also worked as a cultural resources, environmental scientist. I love this episode.

I want to kiss a turkey. I shall not. But I shall thank everyone at patreon.com slash ologies for making the show possible.

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