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A wild turkey shows its wattle and caruncles at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts. The wattle is a skin flap reaching from the beak to the neck. Caruncles are bumps of flesh that cover the birds’ necks and heads.
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Here at Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge, there is a unique array of residents living in the cave, in addition to the endangered bats. One survey expedition by a biologist and geologist documented cave fish, bluegill, yellow bullhead catfish, cave salamanders, northern slimy salamanders, honey-colored crickets, mosquitoes, crane flies, heliomyzid flies, frogs, and white millipedes.  

Above ground, white-tailed deer, turkeys, migratory songbirds, squirrels, opossums, raccoons, and rabbits abound. 

A squirrel balancing on a thin branch and eating small red berries.
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