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Turkey
The Rio Grande wild turkey is an opportunistic forager that feeds on green foliage, insects, seeds from grasses and forbs, and mast (acorns and nuts). Annually, their diet consists of about 36% grasses, 29% insects, 19% mast, and 16% forbs. The individual plant species that a turkey uses as food varies by region and by season. Water is very important to RGWTs; this includes surface water, metabolic water, and preformed water. Surface water is free-standing water such as ponds, creeks, or troughs. Metabolic water is derived from foods when they are digested. Preformed water is contained within the food itself, such as the water found in succulent plants.
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