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My Life as a Turkey

Natural World 2011-2012
Episode 1 of 13

Wildlife drama-documentary telling the story of biologist Joe Hutto, who raised 13 endangered wild turkeys from eggs to the day they left home.

Biologist Joe Hutto was mother to the strangest family in the world, thirteen endangered wild turkeys that he raised from egg to the day they left home.

For a whole year his turkey children were his only companions as he walked them deep through the Florida Everglades. Suffering all the heartache and joy of any other parent as he tried to bring up his new family, he even learnt to speak their language and began to see the world through turkey eyes. Told as a drama documentary with an actor recreating the remarkable scenes of Joe's life as a turkey mum.

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Wed 16 Sep 2020 15:20
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Music Played

  • Eels - Blinking Lights (For you)

  • Sylvester Weaver

    Guitar Rag

  • Bob Dylan

    Main Theme (Billy)

  • The Be Good Tanyas

    The Littliest Birds

  • Sonny Terry

    Sonny's Squall

  • Faithless

    A Kind of Peace

  • Bob Dylan

    Cantina Theme (Workin' For The Law)

  • Jill Barber

    Legacy

  • Rob Dunstone

    Various tracks

Credits

Series Editor Steve Greenwood
Producer David Allen

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