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Diaphone Jim · 10-03-2019, 11:40 AM

I've been studying stuff for 60 years or more and continually find things that are not only interesting but astounding.
The Wikipedia article on megapodes is really good, but leaves some things unexplained, especially the process of the females' filling the nest with the right amount of eggs before the male takes over the incubation process like a building HVAC engineer.
Then the poor little boogers have to dig their way out and fend for themselves on day one. It is a good thing they are the MOST precocial birds in the world.
Their evolution also has some wild features which I am still working on.
https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how...havior-evolved
Great IOTD.

10-03-2019, 11:40 AM	#4
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I've been studying stuff for 60 years or more and continually find things that are not only interesting but astounding. The Wikipedia article on megapodes is really good, but leaves some things unexplained, especially the process of the females' filling the nest with the right amount of eggs before the male takes over the incubation process like a building HVAC engineer. Then the poor little boogers have to dig their way out and fend for themselves on day one. It is a good thing they are the MOST precocial birds in the world. Their evolution also has some wild features which I am still working on. https://www.burkemuseum.org/news/how...havior-evolved Great IOTD.