In the wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behavior—tilling the soil to create ...
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The superb lyrebird, famous for its extraordinary ability to mimic practically any noise, has now been shown to be a ...
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Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.
Also, the winds remain a concern due to the layers of dry organic material on the forest floor. "We've had in this area quite a dry period now for the last several months. All that stuff has had a ...
So, lyrebirds essentially “farm” their food resource by cultivating the forest floor. This behaviour is rarely seen in the non-human world. It extends across millions of hectares, potentially ...