The Bird That Can Fly The Moment It Hatches
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Yet no parent watches over it. This sounds as if it should be a young turtle, thrusting its flippers sideways as it makes its desperate lurch towards the ocean. It is not, however. This is a bird. It is a maleo. More remarkable still is that when it emerges the chick will already be able to fly.
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