Malle fowl
The Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata, is a large, ground dwelling Australian bird that has an extraordinarily precise method of reproduction.
Malle Fowl spend 9-11 months a year preparing a 3ft by 6ft mound that will act as an incubating nest. The eggs are laid in this nest and covered by sand and vegetation. During the incubation period adult birds check the temperature of the nest using their beaks and alter the composition of the mound to maintain a temperature around 90 degrees Fahrenheit
When the eggs hatch, the chicks break out of their shells, crawl through 2 feet of sand, and then can immediately run into scrub. Within 24 hours of hatching they can fly. Neither the mother nor father malleefowl give their offspring any more attention or training, yet instinct alone is sufficient for them to behave exactly as their parents did as adults. [1]
Creationist views
A number of creationist have claimed that the Mallefowl could not have arisen by evolution [2]. These claims appear to be based solely on personal incredulity on and have not assessed whether their are likely routes by which the mallefowl's unique reproductive strategy may have evolved