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The Australian brush turkey is famed for building what can only be referred to as a “hot compost pile” for a nest.
The male of the species will accomplish this remarkable feet by gathering together a large amount of organic material, such as leaves, twigs, soil, and grasses, until they’ve built up a mound of approximately three feet in height and anywhere from thirteen to sixteen feet in width. (Notably, it is common knowledge in the composting world that at least 3×3×3 feet is the size required by a pile in order to begin to get high temperatures. Perhaps we learned from the turkeys, at some point.)
Once eggs are laid (up to 24 per pile), the turkey parents will continue to add material to the pile and re-layer its ingredients, in order to maintain a perfect incubation temperature of approximately ~90°F until the eggs are ready to hatch. This can take anywhere from 60-90 days.
This is, all things considered, a stupendous achievement.
Some of the most qualified composters I know might struggle to succeed at such a task without at least some level of technological intervention, and here the humble turkey has become an intuitive master.