what is the beard on a male turkey for?
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The male turkey is called a tom\nThe female turkey is called a hen\nTom turkeys have beards. This is black, hairlike feathers on their breast. Hens sometimes have beards, too.
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NO \n  In the Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch community and religion it is a sin to alter your body.  This is also why married men have the beard and it is always squared off.  \nIn the Old testament of the bible specifically states that men should not cut the corners of their beard.
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It's an old Americanism.\n\nThere are various stories about the origin of to talk turkey. One version is that a white man was talking to an Indian about dividing the game from a hunt: "You take the crow (or buzzard) and I'll take the turkey, or I'll take the turkey and you take the crow (or buzzard)." The Indian realized the white man was not talking turkey--he was not telling the plain truth. Another theory is that to talk turkey derives from the hunter's practice of making a gobbling noise so that the stupid turkey answers him with a gobble and gives away its whereabouts. \n\nSome say that cold turkey is not connected to to talk turkey, the correct connection being that leftover cold turkey is simple and unadorned, as is the blunt and plain truth. Others point out that the goose pimples appearing as a symptom of drug withdrawal resemble the skin of a plucked turkey.
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The fleshy growth under a turkey’s throat is called a wattle.\nThe caruncle is a red-pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of the turkey.\nTurkeys have a long, red, fleshy area called a snood that grows from the forehead over the bill.
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I am muslim and I live in an Islamic country actually a very little number of muslims do that. and believe me the beard has never been a sign of being muslim or not.  Some muslims just do it to show that they are more religious as Prophet Muhamed said and this is called (Sunnah)  . All what matters in Islam is to believe that Allah is the only God and that Muhammed is his prophet and also to believe that The Holly Quran is the word of God.
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Keeping the beard was the practice of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and we believe it to be the practice of all Prophets; Adam, Noah, Moses, Jesus and all those in between (peace be upon them all). As this was his way, we emulate him to the best of our ability.\n\nIn addition to this being his example, there is a Prophetic tradition in which he mentions certain actions that are from natural disposition, and one of these is keeping the beard.\n\nYou will find that it is not that strange to see a shaved person grow facial hair, but when someone has kept a beard, and you then see them shaved, something seems oddly wrong.\n\nIn Islam the beard should be neat and tidy, and it is an unfortunate thing that some Muslims do not keep their beards well kempt. The beard is meant to increase ones physical beauty, not diminish it.
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lol cuz turkeys are dumb!
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Gander is a male goose. \n\nMeans, what is good for a woman is good for a man.
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You have a beard? Body hair? Werewolf?
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Some men, particularly in some races, have little hair on their body, even on their face. Consider it a Godsend. Shaving may be easy for you for the rest of your life!!
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You can't. :( I was all excited after I grew my beard out again but the most you can get is this stupid little goatee.
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When turkeys mate, they lay eggs that can be either male or female depending on whether the female gamete contains a Z or W chromosome at fertilisation. However female turkeys also rarely reproduce asexually, through parthenogenesis and those eggs are almost always male.\n\nExcerpt from Wikipedia.... Turkeys are notable for their ability, rare amongst higher species, to reproduce asexually. In the absence of a male, female Turkeys are known to produce fertile eggs. The individual produced is often sickly, and nearly always male. This behaviour can interfere with the incubation of eggs in Turkey farming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_%28bird%29\n\n\nSex Chromosomes Z-W\n\nBirds, insects like butterflies, and some species of fish have a different system for determining gender. In these animals it is the female gamete that determines the sex of an individual. Female gametes can either contain a Z chromosome or a W chromosome. Male gametes contain only the Z chromosome. Females of these species are ZW and males are ZZ. http://biology.about.com/library/weekly/aa091103a.htm
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It's always good to not have too much facial hair, may it be for men OR women :P People simply look more 'cleaner' and thus BETTER,without hair on their faces (this is indefinitely true for umm women but waiiit we ARE talking about men here so..). Personally, I think MOUSTACHES are worse than beards.. for some reason, I find men with moustache to be the ultimate nightmare (I got stuck in a lift with a man with a moustache a couple of days ago... traumatised the hell out of me). Clean-shaven men are sexier. All that so-called 'raw appeal' when it comes to men with facial hair is bull**** to me.. raw appeal oozes from a mans character and skin.. not hair, for gods sake.
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Every year I grow a beard in the Winter.  Usaually I go through two weeks of itchy hell and then it stops.  It makes me look different over the winter months and then in the spring when I whip it off I look so much younger and all the ladeez love it!
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I assume you mean why do turkey's have wings.\nAnd the answer would be, to fly. While domestic turkey's do not fly (because their wings are clipped), wild turkey can fly very well.
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it is in fact the only facial hair they are allowed to grow.  a friend of mine used to be a firefighter and all firefighters and police officers are required to be either clean shaven or have only a mustache.  i guess the government thinks having beards or sideburns or goatees looks unprofessional.
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Well......grow a beard.