An account of the nesting habits of the Mallee Fowl. These birds are members of the family Megapodirdae - the mound builders. They do not brood their eggs but lay them on a bed of organic matter in a mound of earth, leaving them to be incubated by heat from fermenting vegetable matter and the natural heat of the sun. The male bird carefully adjusts the mound so that the varying amounts of heat from the two sources maintain the temperature at 92 degrees fahrenheit.
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ACMI Identifier
324920
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Bird populations
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Nature study
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)