Anyone Watching the Oaks?
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Phoenix
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I've never seen the show, but I have some oaks in my yard and some deer and turkey running across the field.
Phoenix
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- Oregon, U S
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They are cool participants. I've learned they are people too. Sentient. Turkey society is very much like ours. We've been studying them for six years. They have dominant hens and dominant toms, and each one who wants the position has to fight to become the dominant one. Sometimes the toms die in the process. Some of the leaders are excellent and some not so much. Some of them just want to be part of the group. Some have been treated so badly that they stay away from the group. Outside threats are huge at times. The mating practices are something else. I keep telling the hens they can just say no.... If I had a lover that stood on my back, pushed down my head and pulled out my feathers with his claws, I'd tell him to get lost and report him to the police.
So would I!
They sound a lot like horses, who also have herd hierarchy, and some individuals who are willing to challenge for it while others just want to know their place and still others are more or less solitary grazers. Sometimes a new horse joining the herd will want to throw his or her weight around and be the leader, as he was (or wasn't) in his old crowd.
I once saw a fascinating program about a guy who spent a year with a flock of turkeys he raised from eggs. I think it was in Florida? After the year with the turkeys he moved to another state to live with another group of animals, I think.
I think that's why some horses are good at racing, they like to run with the herd (and some are more willing than others to get out front and "win").
They sound a lot like horses, who also have herd hierarchy, and some individuals who are willing to challenge for it while others just want to know their place and still others are more or less solitary grazers. Sometimes a new horse joining the herd will want to throw his or her weight around and be the leader, as he was (or wasn't) in his old crowd.
I once saw a fascinating program about a guy who spent a year with a flock of turkeys he raised from eggs. I think it was in Florida? After the year with the turkeys he moved to another state to live with another group of animals, I think.
I think that's why some horses are good at racing, they like to run with the herd (and some are more willing than others to get out front and "win").
Phoenix
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I didn't know that about horses. Do you live on a ranch?
I've seen that show. It was on public television. His name is Joe Hutto. He's also written a book about it called, Enlightenment in the Flatwoods. It's far better than the show. Yes, it was in Florida. He's a wildlife biologist. There was recently a show on PBS about time he spent with mule deer. He loves his work, but it has cost him his love relationships with the women in his life.
I've seen that show. It was on public television. His name is Joe Hutto. He's also written a book about it called, Enlightenment in the Flatwoods. It's far better than the show. Yes, it was in Florida. He's a wildlife biologist. There was recently a show on PBS about time he spent with mule deer. He loves his work, but it has cost him his love relationships with the women in his life.