Megapode or Melanesian scrubfowl eggs are prized as food, Savo, Solomon Islands, South Pacific
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5131 x 3421 px | 43.4 x 29 cm | 17.1 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
9 March 2008More information:
Megapode or Melanesian scrubfowl eggs are prized as food by Savo Islanders and naturalist guides from the Australian expedition ship Orion have been instrumental in helping them develop a plan for conservation of both eggs and birds. Each of the birds lays only one egg at a time and incubation requires 40 days. Islanders have been taking too many eggs, causing a decline in the bird population, Savo, Solomon Islands.