His Highness
by John Bartosik
Title
His Highness
Artist
John Bartosik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The strangest animal, almost prehistoric looking and yet so commonly undressed at the dinner table during thanksgiving and christmas family gatherings is the broad breasted white turkey. Looking so regal in his god given headress of caruncles, snood, and wattles functioning as intersexual and intrasexual selection while the snood, during courtship engorges with blood, becomes redder and elongates to hang well below the beak. Originating in the Yucatan peninsula some 20 million years ago and first domesticated some 2,000 years ago by the Mayans and their ancient ancestors for food and for their cultural and symbolic significance is the genus Meleagris.
Uploaded
January 13th, 2022
Embed
Share
