For about a month from the end of November to the end of December, every year,

one of the most popular animals in North America is the Turkey.

Turkeys are the traditional meal served at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

However, it's a tradition that's found almost nowhere else on Earth.

This is mostly due to the fact that turkeys are native to North America.

Learn more about the turkey, how it became domesticated and how it became a part of the holidays in North America on this episode of everything everywhere daily. People say us cats have it easy, but it's not all sunshine and catnip. I mean, someone's got to maintain unbroken eye contact while you're in the bath.

So after a long hard day, my human better bring me a delicious bowl of whiskers.

I'm talking to you, Kevin.

It's almost per o'clock.

Don't let me down.

Wiskers, per more.

There were many foods that went from the Americas to the old world during the Colombian exchange.

Plants such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, and squash, all originated in the new world. However, livestock and other farm animals

largely went the other way around. Cattle, pigs, chicken, sheep and horses were brought over

from the old world, but there was very little in the way of animals

that went from the new world to the old.

Much of this had to do with the fact that there just weren't many domesticated animals in the

new world. Lamas were domesticated animals in the new world.

Lamas were domesticated in South America, but they were of limited use, especially compared to

horses.

Dogs and guinea pigs were also domesticated, but again, they were pretty small. The only bird species that was domesticated, but again they were pretty small.

The only bird species that was domesticated prior to the Colombian exchange in the Americas

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