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Mallee fowl
Female mallee fowl lay their eggs in a huge mound of soil and dead leaves. As the pile rots down, the generated heat incubates the eggs. Once hatched, the chick has to dig its way to the surface where it can walk and feed immediately and fly within a day.
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