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Me and Kaori arrived yesterday to Roatan. We went to the grocery store where they have many american foods at marked up prices, but a very good selection. I started off my purchasing forary by buying generic Capt’n Crunch with crunch berries because they were the cheapest. A Cool 70L.

The Island has been great so far. I have met several of the volunteers and everyone has been super nice. Could not ask for a nicer group of people. We start clinic tomorrow. We will see how things go. I have missed Island Life. It is good to be back

We just got back from the beaches and resorts at West End. I had some sweet $1 hot dogs. We did a little snorkeling.  We saw some good stuff. A lot of huge fish Grouper, Parrot Fish, others I have to look up.

Still no malaria or diarrhea. I am on a steady pace.

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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

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1 more week. I’ve known great dispair and I’ve known great joy. I’ve been hated and I’ve been loved. I’ve been broken and I’ve triumphed. I’ve gone to hell and back… and met so many great friends who fought through it all with me… and I’ll have your back anytime. I have lived. Really lived, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Peace Out

-Daniel

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Hohler’s Quick Medical Reference is a quick reference source for medical students, residents, and medical providers. It contains quick and easy templates and values for commonly used lab, admission notes, history and physicals, OBGYN, ACLS, and Neurology and more.

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Hohler’s Quick Medical Reference an alternative to Maxwell Quick Reference which is used world wide and not available on the app store.

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New research out of the UK shows definitively that reducing greenhouse gases can save millions of lives around the world. The research makes use of case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, and food and agriculture.

The studies were commissioned by the NIEHS, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in part to help inform discussions next month at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

One study showed that providing low-emission stove technologies in poor countries that currently rely on solid fuel household stoves to cook and heat their homes is cost effective, will reduce greenhouse pollution by hundreds of millions of tons, and could prevent 2 million premature deaths due to pollution in India alone.

“Combustion-related air pollution is estimated to be responsible for nearly 2.5 million premature deaths annually around the world and also for a significant portion of greenhouse warming.” – Kirk R. Smith, professor of global environmental health

These studies provide the kind of concrete information needed to choose actions that efficiently reduce this health burden as well as reduce the threat of climate change. When we reduce pollution around the world, everyone can benefit.

Source: Science Daily

Image Credit: melancholic optimist on Flickr

Originally Published: November 29, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/11/29/reducing-greenhouse-pollutants-will-save-millions-of-lives/

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Writing for GreenOptions I sometimes get contacted by PR firms wanting to promote projects. Sight unseen I usually shrug them off, I happen to only write about items that I have seen or used, and can feel good about endorsing. When MSNBC contacted me the other day with a preview of a new special on animal conservation, I figured it was probably more of the same stories I have seen over and over again. However, when I watched the preview it sucked me in. It is hosted by Jeff Corwin, a famous naturalist you have probably seen on TV. I can say wholeheartedly that this looks like something that I can feel good about endorsing.

Every 20 minutes a species will go extinct, 20,000 species this year, and this Sunday, November 22, 8PM Eastern MSNBC will be airing “100 Heartbeats” hosted by Jeff Corwin to fight back. You can watch the preview here:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33490448#33490448

The documentary will follow Corwin as he explores the places and predicaments of endangered animals around the world, as well as the people that work everyday to protect them. From the preview it looks like there are some very emotional stories that Corwin will impart to us.

From MSNBC:

The next premiere in MSNBC’s landmark Future Earth series, 100 Heartbeats. The 2-hour special, reported by famed naturalist Jeff Corwin, tells the story of the “Sixth Extinction” — an extinction caused by people and which can only be stopped by people.

Corwin’s year-long adventure in filming 100 Heartbeats took him to seven countries on four continents. Over the course of the two-hour special, Corwin not only reveals what humankind is doing to Mother Earth and its creatures, but viewers watch as Corwin works with authorities to expose the illegal and harmful practices that are killing off species.  Along the way, he spotlights the courageous men and women who are putting their own lives in danger to save endangered animals.

Preview “Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats,” airing Sunday, Nov. 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET on MSNBC.

I thought I would pass this along so you guys can check it out. I will be watching.

Image Credit: MSNBC

Originally Published: November 19, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/11/19/msnbc-to-air-2-hour-special-on-animal-conservation-100-heartbeats/

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When I first read the news that NASA was going to start experimenting on monkeys with radiation to study the effects of deep space travel, my heart sunk. As an anthropologist who has studied non-human primates I have seen up close the emotions, the feelings, and the physical qualities we share with our evolutionary cousins. My mind went back to shooting chimps into space, not caring if they lived or died. To cruel (and now illegal) experiments of all kinds performed on our closest living relative.

Now NASA is planing to irradiate squirrel monkeys. Scientists are particularly interested in studying how the radiation impacts the monkeys’ central nervous systems and behaviors over time. Messing with the monkeys brains. Oh great!

As I kept reading the article though, I started to see that maybe we have made some progress after all. For the new study, 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys will be exposed to a low dose of the type of radiation that astronauts traveling to Mars can expect to encounter. Low dose… well maybe that isn’t so bad.

The animals, which will not be killed, will remain at McLean Hospital, where they will be overseen by veterinarians and staff. They will not be killed. This is really quite amazing considering our past with not a care in the world if the subjects of our human animal experiments lives or dies.

NASA stated in an email:

“McLean Hospital is responsible for the lifetime care of the primates, no further research is planned for them at this time.”

So the animals will be cared for once the experiments are done, but this leaves the questions: what kind of conditions will the animals be living in once the experiments are done? Should they have been taken away from their natural environment in the first place? Are these studies worth it?

So, I leave you with the question. Have we as a culture made progress in conducting animal research to the point at which it is acceptable, or are these still just horrible animal experiments?

Source: Discovery News

Image Source: floridapfe on Flickr

Originally Published: October 30, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/10/30/nasa-to-irradiate-monkeys-horrible-animal-experiments-or-a-sign-of-progress/

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New research out of Philadelphia suggests a link between women’s exposure to household insecticides (including roach and mosquito killers) and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Previous research has shown a link of agricultural pesticides to higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Autoimmune diseases are diseases where the immune system goes haywire and begins to attack the body. Farmers were shown to be a high risk group for this reason.

Women who reported applying insecticides had a higher risk of developing the two autoimmune disorders than women who reported no insecticide use, whether or not they had lived on a farm. Those who used the insecticide the most often and most frequently had double the risk.

“I would recommend that people read the labels and take precautions to minimize their personal exposure. This is the case regardless of whether these results are implicating a chemical that’s on the market now or was before.” – Christine Parks, epidemiologist with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

More research will be needed to nail down the direct link between insecticides and autoimmune disease. The researchers examined data from a previous study of almost 77,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79. Their findings were to be released Monday at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual scientific meeting in Philadelphia.

The insecticides implicated in the study include insect killers, such as those designed to eradicate ants, wasps, termites, mosquitoes and roaches. They didn’t include insect repellents.

Source: USA Today

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Originally Published: October 27, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/10/27/study-suggests-insecticide-causes-lupus-and-arthritis/

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Google Inc. is joining forces with space agencies around the world and the conservation organization Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to monitor deforestation rates using satellite imagery. Among the space agencies working on the program are NASA, the ESA, and the national space agencies of Japan, Germany, Italy, India, and Brazil.

The GEO is a global partnership of 80 governments and more than 50 organizations. Internet company Google currently collects satellite images for use in its Google Earth application, and will be providing satellite images to the project.

Annual monitoring via satellite images will help identify changes in areas of forest more accurately than ever before. The data will be important in helping support programs in which governments, environmental groups, and investors pay to protect certain forests.

“Investors will want some sort of guarantee that…forests will remain there and remain in good condition.” – José Achache, director of GEO

Reuters reports that seven countries would act as pilot programs including Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Guyana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Tanzania. All of these locations have had satellite images taken in the last few months. The U.S. has satellite images from Landsat going all the way back to 1972 to use for comparisons.

Source: GEO

Image Credit: Si1very on Flickr

Originally Published: October 22, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/10/22/google-to-fight-deforestation-from-space/

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This week The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) revealed that last month was the second hottest land and ocean temperature on record for the month of September. NOAA’s records date back to 1880. In the 100 plus year history, only September 2005 showed warmer temperatures.

This is a concerning trend, considering the 2 warmest months of September (the last month of summer) out of 129 years of record keeping, have been felt in the last 4 years. Scientists, researchers, and leaders in government and industry use NCDC’s monthly reports to help track trends and other changes in the world’s climate.

Here are the stats via NOAAs:

• The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.12 degrees F above the 20th century average of 59.0 degrees F. Separately the global land surface temperature was 1.75 degrees F above the 20th century average of 53.6 degrees F.
• Warmer-than-average temperatures engulfed most of the world’s land areas during the month. The greatest warmth occurred across Canada and the northern and western contiguous United States. Warmer-than-normal conditions also prevailed across Europe, most of Asia and Australia.
• The worldwide ocean temperature tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest September on record, 0.90 degree F above the 20th century average of 61.1 degrees F. The near-Antarctic southern ocean and the Gulf of Alaska featured notable cooler-than-average temperatures.
• Arctic sea ice covered an average 2.1 million square miles in September – the third lowest for any September since records began in 1979. The coverage was 23.8 percent below the 1979-2000 average, and the 13th consecutive September with below-average Arctic sea ice extent.
• Antarctic sea ice extent in September was 2.2 percent above the 1979-2000 average. This was the third largest September extent on record, behind 2006 and 2007.
• Typhoon Ketsana became 2009’s second-deadliest tropical cyclone so far, claiming nearly 500 lives across the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The storm struck the Philippines on September 26, leaving 80 percent of Manila submerged.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Image Credit: Roberto Rizzato on Flickr

Originally Published: October 21, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/10/21/global-warming-last-month-was-the-second-hottest-september-on-record/

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In 2007 federal protections were dropped for the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies. Ever since then, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition have been fighting to give protection back to the bears. They argued that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) failed to address the loss of essential food sources for the bears, whitebark pine seeds and cutthroat trout.

On Monday, September 21 they finally achieved what they were fighting for when Judge Donald Molloy ruled that inadequate regulatory mechanisms were put in place to manage the bears. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and six other groups, represented by Earthjustice, have a similar case pending in Idaho.

Whitebark pine forests are being decimated by a variety of threats that have emerged in high elevation environments as a result of climate change. Researchers worry that the trees, and the major food source for bears, are on the road to extinction.

“The Fish and Wildlife Service tried to pretend there wasn’t a problem, even as two key grizzly foods, cutthroat trout and whitebark pine, collapsed and mortalities went through the roof. A record 79 bears died last year, or 13% of the population, according to federal estimates.” – Louisa Willcox, senior wildlife advocate for NRDC

The judge’s decision came off scientific evidence that the grizzly’s habitat is in decline and cannot support the bear population. At least 18 bears have already been found dead in the Northern Rockies this year, and the population continues to crash. Federal protection is back for the bear, but environmental groups have been working hard to get whitebark pine on the endangered list as well. If the tree gets on the endangered list it will also provide additional protection for grizzlies. You read more about the petition below.

NRDC’s whitebark pine petition is available athttp://docs.nrdc.org/legislation/files/leg_08120801a.pdf

Source: Nature Resources Defense Council

Image Credit: Lance McCord on Flickr

Originally Published: September 23, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/09/23/yellowstone-grizzlies-back-on-endangered-species-list/

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Last Tuesday, EcoWorldly Staff Writer Bryan Nelson wrote an article on thesuspension of dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. The suspension came off of Japanese local media swarming on Taiji, after the award winning documentary film “The Cove” put the spotlight on the small Japanese village that slaughters thousands of dolphins every year.

Ric O’Barry, the dolphin trainer and activist who brought the location to the attention of filmmakers, returned to the site of the slaughter this week, just as the annual “hunt” would normally begin. However, this time with all of the media attention, no dolphins were killed in the first 2 days of the season.

“It has been an exciting morning and the people here are very hostile, but as long as this goes on and we keep the pressure on, they cannot hunt the dolphins.” -Ric O’Barry

Sadly, O’Barry admits solemnly, this is only temporary. O’Barry keeping a watchful eye on the dolphin fishermen, has managed to disrupt the first two days of the annual dolphin hunt in the Japanese town of Taiji, but accepts that as soon as he leaves the fishermen will resume the killing.

“It’s very expensive for me be here and I can’t stay for the whole six months of the season”-Ric O’Barry

According to the Japan Fisheries Agency, around 20,000 dolphins will be killed all around Japan this season. The documentary revealed that dolphin meat is often sold illegally to the Japanese school system, and that school children often have no idea that what they are eating is dolphin meat. Dolphin meat has been shown to have high levels of mercury, which can be a huge problem for developing children.

On the coast of Japan, fishermen set out in dozens of boats and chase down a pod of dolphins. They then surround the pod with their boats, and create loud noises with metal poles, to frighten the dolphins into a net at the mouth of the bay. They leave for the day as the dolphins struggle within the nets frantically. The fishermen come back the next day to find “worthy” specimens. Fishermen tie a rope around the dolphins tail fin, and literally drag the dolphins to the coast for slaughter. The crystal blue ocean water turns crimson with the blood of the dolphins, as their necks are slit one by one and thrown onto an awaiting boat.

Dolphin fishermen will not just give up easily because of a little media attention, as each dolphin sold for meat will net them around $500 apiece. Each dolphin that they believed can be trained for aquariums can net them $150,000.

O’Barry is only staying in town for a week, and has already encountered angry locals at what they perceive to be interference in their industry.  On Tuesday morning, as he tried to enter a grocery store, the head of the fishing union blocked the door and refused to allow him to buy any food. As soon as O’Barry leaves Taiji, media attention will wane, and the dolphin slaughter will continue.

The film “The Cove” has gone a long way in raising awareness. You can check to see if their are any screenings of the film in your area here. Spread the word. If enough people around the world know about what is happening in Taiji, O’Barry will no longer be the lone voice of protest that stands between the dolphins and those that wish to slaughter them.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk, The Cove

Image Credit: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Originally Published: September 8, 2009 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/09/08/japanese-dolphin-slaughter-to-continue-despite-current-suspension/

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Hi, you might recognize that beautiful smiling face before you. That is my face, well it was my face over the last couple of years. I am not here to talk about my face or my smile, which some have called “winning.” I am not even here to talk about myself, although I could do that all day, and I will relate to you my personal experience because that is the only experience I have. The real reason I am writing you today is to point out my hair.

These pictures happen to be in chronological order, so as you may see, my hair has grown a tad longer in the last couple of years. I would like to say that my reasons were always altruistic, but the fact is I just happen to like my hair a little longer.

However, as we keep moving left my hair has grown to places I have never seen it grow before. A psuedo-mullet starts to appear, and my mane has gone long past the getting in front of my eyes stage. You see, these luscious locks have gone beyond the personal preference of good looks. This hair that I have is to make a statement. Not a statement of rebellion, although I have been known to do such things a time or two. This is not about rebelling against the clean cut properness that society has forced on me. To me, this is a much more important statement.

This is a statement of help, a statement of hope, and a statement against something that I have felt directly and indirectly the last couple of months. A statement against cancer.

I am allowed to make this statement through an organization called Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces (wigs) to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis (IE: mostly hairloss from cancer treatment).

10 inches of hair is cut off and made into wigs for disadvantaged children. I never had cancer as a child, but I know the pain and difficulty of going through an extensive medical procedure that makes you look different. Dealing with the medical part is hard enough. Locks of Love takes away the pain of having the stares, the wondering, the looks of pity that are often unwanted. It allows children to feel normal, and when you are dealing with something like cancer, even one day of normalcy can lift the weight of the world off your shoulders.

Sometimes I get asked about my hair, hey it is a good conversation starter. I have noticed that about half the ladies like it, and half don’t. You can’t please everyone all of the time. My father really hates my hair, let me tell you. He is always telling me to get a haircut, so if you are one of those people who are looking to rebel against your parents. This is really a perfect way for all the males out there.

None of that really matters to me though. I believe in the cause. I am currently a medical student, so I believe in helping people. Often there is more pain to disease and illness than just physical pain. I think that is one thing some doctors forget. My hair has been pretty long and will continue to be long, so hey, if you are going to do something, do it all the way. That is my motto. So I urge you all to look into Locks of Love. Make a statement, make a difference. If you have long hair and were looking to cut it. Please look into donating it. It can help someone’s life become a little brighter, and in the long run, that is all any of us could ask for.

More Info: Locks of Love

Image Credit: Daniel Hohler

Originally Published: September 5, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/09/05/locks-of-love-the-evolution-of-my-hair-and-a-statement-to-make-a-difference/

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Today NASA held a press conference detailing research on a new life-form that’s DNA is different from every other life-form we have knowledge of. They explained their research on a bacteria that uses the element arsenic in it’s DNA backbone instead of phosphorous, the element in the backbone of all other known life-forms. Although, this is NOT an alien, it is NOT a extraterrestrial life brought to us on an asteroid to escape it’s dying planet, it’s not even completely foreign in it’s DNA, BUT this news does have great implications for future research of alien life in the universe.

A bacteria found in Mono Lake, (Located in California) a strain known as GFAJ-1 does not even depend on arsenic. In fact it grows better with phosphorous. What the researchers looked at was growth in a purely arsenic containing environment. The arsenic is normally poisonous to all life, but they found bacterial life growing in this arsenic environment, and they believe that the bacteria has used arsenic to take the place of phosphorous in it’s DNA backbone.

Some wonder about why NASA is conducting this research here on earth. NASA is involved in several biological experiments which may have direct or indirect relationship to space research. If this bacteria can use arsenic, which everyone previously believed to be poisonous to life, as it’s DNA building block then alien life could also use something other than what we know here on Earth. Our search for life has always been based on what we know here on Earth, if life’s fundamental building blocks can be something completely different than what we know here on Earth, it broadens the search for extraterrestrial life. It changes how we look at the universe, and it even changes how we look at life itself.

Although, this is not exciting as finding alien life on another planet, this does has great implications for science, what we know about life and evolution, and what needs to exists on other planets in order for organisms to exist.

Photo: edfarrellphotography

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New findings, published in the October issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, indicate early Europeans enjoyed a much broader diet than first suspected. We have known for a long while that early man hunted big game such as mastodons, now prehistoric bone findings show that early man also hunted and cooked game fowl.

The 202 bones, belonging to a species of diving ducks, and were found at Bolomor Cave near the town of Tavernes in Valencia, Spain. The ducks date to around 150,000 years ago, and seem to have been eaten with bad table manners.

“The birds were de-fleshed using both stone tools and teeth, and some may have been eaten raw.” - Ruth Blasco, Researcher

Other bone specimens showed burning marks, suggesting that the ducks were roasted before they were consumed.

The geological evidence suggests that these left overs belonged to Homo heidelbergensis. The remains of at least seven hearths also demonstrate that the large brained, tool making H. heidelbergensis was a master at creating and controlling fire.

The scientists also believe that advanced technology such as traps were used to trap the birds.

“The acquiring of fast-running and quick-flying small prey requires a sophisticated technology and involves obtaining and processing ways different from those used for large and medium-sized animals”

It may not be roasted turkey with all the dressings, but not bad for a Caveman Thanksgiving.

Source: Discovery News

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Originally Published: November 26, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/11/26/caveman-thanksgiving-prehistoric-man-roasted-birds-too/

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Whether you are eating turkey or tofurkey this Thanksgiving, you cannot deny the great sacrifice that turkeys are making to fill dinner plates across the nation. I figured I would honor their sacrifice here on the eve of thanksgiving, with some fun turkey facts.

• More than 45 million turkeys are eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving (one sixth of all turkeys sold in the U.S. each year). American per capita consumption of turkeys has soared from 8.3 pounds in 1975 to 18.5 pounds in 1997. Ten years later, the number has dropped slightly in 2007 to 17.5 pounds (more tofurkey?)

• The turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who argued vehemently on behalf of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although “vain and silly”, was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was “a coward”.

• 250 million turkeys were raised in 2008, together weighed 7.9 billion pounds and were valued at $4.5 billion.

• In 2002, retail sales of turkey was approximately $3.6 billion. Forecasts for 2009 expect sales to reach $3.8 billion.

• Age matters: Old, large males are preferable to young toms (males) as tom meat is stringy. The opposite is true for females: old hens are tougher birds than their younger counterparts.

• A turkey under sixteen weeks of age is called a fryer, while a young roaster is five to seven months old.

• Turkeys are the only poultry native to the Western Hemisphere. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) live in woods in parts of North America and are the largest game birds in the area. They spend their days foraging for food like acorns, seeds, small insects and wild berries.

• Turkeys have great hearing, but no external ears. They have excellent visual acuity, see in color, and a wide field of vision, which makes sneaking up on them difficult.

• The wild turkey we usually see in photos or pictures is not the same as the domestic turkey that we serve at Thanksgiving.

• Domesticated turkeys cannot fly. Wild turkeys, however, can fly for short distances at speeds up to 55 miles per hour.

• Turkeys sometimes spend the night in trees.

• Turkeys can have heart attacks.

• They grunt, make a “gobble gobble sound” and strut about shaking their feathers. This fancy turkey trot helps the male attract females (also called “hens”) for mating.

• The ballroom dance known as the Turkey Trot was named for the short, jerky steps a turkey makes.

Image Credit: stevevoght on Flickr

Originally Published: November 25, 2009 http://planetsave.com/2009/11/25/happy-thanksgiving-turkey-facts-as-a-tribute-to-those-who-gave-their-lives-for-our-stomachs/

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