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Photo by @schaferpho // Maleo on the breeding ground, Sulawesi, Indonesia – Photo by Kevin Schafer – @schaferpho @ナショナルジオグラフィック. The island of Sulawesi, one of the largest in the sprawling Indonesian archipelago, is full of natural wonders. These include some 67 bird species found nowhere else in the world. Possibly the most remarkable of all of these is this bird - the Maleo. Superficially resembling a large blue-black chicken, with a rosy breast and a weirdly knobbed head, it is one of a group of birds called megapodes - literally “big feet.” Those oversized feet are critical for these birds, which are champion diggers. When breeding, Maleos dig deep pits in the sand in which to lay and bury their huge single egg, relying on the hot tropical sun for incubation. No need to build a nest, sit on the egg, or, indeed, play any role in the care or feeding of their young. (In some places on the island, lacking sand, Maleos use geothermal heated soil to achieve the same result.) When the egg hatches, the chick must claw its way to the surface where - astonishingly - it emerges fully-feathered and capable of flight. Within minutes, the hatchling will fly straight up into the safety of the trees, having never seen one before. For more than five years, I have served on the board of the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation, created to save the endangered Maleos of Sulawesi, which are disappearing across the island. To learn more, visit www.tompotika.org. #tompotika #maleo #endangeredspecies #vanishing

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