[Mnbird] turkey behavior

Raymond Faber rfaber at smumn.edu
Fri Dec 18 10:04:20 CST 2015


Regarding Molly Jo Miller's post about a turkey apparently assisting
another,  i would bow to the turkey experts among the group, but point out
that the most likely explanation is that they are a mother-daughter pair.
Of course the female cares for the young until adulthood, but there are
numerous examples of offspring assisting in the raising of succeeding
broods.  In evolutionary terms, assisting family members who have very
similar genetic makeup to your own makes a lot of sense.  Any other
examples out there?

Ray Faber

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