By: Gary Gibson
Species: Australian Brush-turkey
Date: 12.05.2019
About this flag
Australian Brush-turkey
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Element 1: Emblem
Reproductive - giant mounds
They tend to their mounds with great care, testing its temperature to ensure it sits at 33 degrees Celsius. Females will only return to a mound to mate and lay eggs if it is kept at the right temperature.
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Element 2: Pattern
Behaviour - leaf litter
Male brush turkey's will build giant mounds the size of cars from leaf litter and soil to attract females, and subsequently incubate any eggs.