Precocial

<p>Feb 02, 2014 08:46 PM</p>

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precocial birds find their own food;</p>

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domestic chicken is precocial;</p>

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megapodes fly on the same day they are hatched!!!

precocial mammals &nbsp;ungulates, &nbsp;guinea pigs and hare &nbsp;(but note: &nbsp;rabbits are highly altricial!!)</p>

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precocial species have longer gestation / incubation than related altircial species.

ducks, turkeys: ground nesting birds... ready to leave nest in 1 -2 days.</p>

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