A young male Bruch Turkey (Alectura lathami) building a nest in bushland close to the Lane Cove River in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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"Brush turkey nests or 'mounds' are the size of a car and are made up of soil and plant material. Built by the males to attract a mate, they're essentially large compost heaps. So large, in fact, that they take the hard working male about a month to create." Five reasons to love brush turkeys ABC Science / By Anna Salleh Posted Tue 17 Jan 2017 at 6:45am

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