Turkey’s are dirty.

Two scientists discovered something really interesting while researching their sexual behaviour. When placed in a room with a lifelike model of a female turkey, the male bird mated with it just as eagerly.

They decided to explore this phenomenon, embarking on a series of experiments to determine the minimum stimulus it would take to excite the male. This involved removing parts from the turkey model one by one until the male bird eventually lost interest.

They removed almost everything - tail, feet and wings - but still the clueless bird waddled up to the model, gobbled, and tried to do his thing. Even with one head on a stick left – the male turkey could not be deterred.

Why, you ask? Apparently during turkey mating, the male is so much larger than the female that only her head sticks out during the process, therefore becoming the object of fixation.

Source: New Scientist