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Nov. 05, 2010
These Babies Can Out-Climb Their Parents
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Australian brush turkeys (Alectura lathami) are what biologists call "super precocial," says Ken Dial of the University of Montana Flight Lab. The birds fly the day they hatch, and hatchlings can climb vertical ledges better than adults, according to Dial's latest research.
additional footage courtesy of University of Montana Flight Lab, Royal Society Publishing
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