{
  "id": 16882433,
  "title": "Ben Franklin Wasn’t Serious When He Implied the Wild Turkey Would Be a ‘Respectable’ National Symbol … But He Wasn’t Wrong, Either",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/ben-franklin-wasnt-serious-when-he-implied-the-wild-turkey-would-be-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ben-franklin-wasnt-serious-when-implied-wild-turkey-respectable-national-symbol-wasnt-wrong-180989642/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The birds strutted around North America for hundreds of thousands of years before hunters decimated their population. Credit its recovery to resourcefulness, a stubborn disposition and a little help",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}