The Awards Listing v 0.5 & Turkey hunting

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Tom, I will confirm the GZG ECC I awards for you.

Re: Turkey hunting. New York allows the taking of two toms in the spring.
Females are off limits. I have eaten every bird I have taken. The population
continues to grow and flourish and taking a tom can have only minimal impact,
since there are plenty of other males with which to mate the females.

But here is the funny part...

A tom turkey has a harem of females that he mates with daily. After mating and
as the day progresses, the females leave the tom to go to their nest and lay
one egg. They regroup in the evening and roost and begin the process all over
again the next day. However, studies have been done that show that the female
lays fertile eggs for the whole mating season after only being mated by the
tom ONCE! The tom's sperm is viable for the whole month! What a scam! I bet
nobody's told the female turkeys yet.

G'day Jon,

> However, studies have been done that show that the female lays

Yes but was it really his, many birds now turn out to cuckold their 'mates' on
a regular basis...

Besides one month is low compares to say skinks where it can be 6 months right
through to deep sea fish (like the angler fish) where the male latches onto
the female once he's found her and then is absorbed and becomes little more
than a bag ot testes hanging off her side... now that's committment!;)

Cheers

Beth

Then there are insects like bees and ants where the queen mates early on in
her life and produces viable eggs for years...

--Binhan

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