1184-478 - Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1184-477 - Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1184-480 - Megapode hunters hunting for eggs of the Megapode bird (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1184-481 - Ground full of holes from Megapode hunters digging for eggs of the Megapode birds (Megapodiidae), East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1184-476 - Man boiling Megapode eggs in a sulphur stream of Volcano Tavurvur, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1113-95990 - The only source of income, eggs from the Megapode bird. One egg costs 2 Kina, about 50 Eurocents, at the market. Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

1113-95987 - The Hot Springs opposite the Volcano are colored by volcanic minerals. They are also a location where the locals come to boil eggs from the Megapode bird, found on the slopes of the volcano. Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1113-95994 - The only source of income for people on Matupit island are the eggs from the Megapode bird, a small bird, that lays massive eggs in the hot volcanic ash and trusts the volcano to incubate them. One egg costs 2 Kina, 50 Euro cent, on the market, Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

1113-95988 - The Hot Springs opposite the Volcano are colored by volcanic minerals. They are also a location where the locals come to boil eggs from the Megapode bird, found on the slopes of the volcano. Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

816-3418 - Megapode egg, Savo island, Solomon Islands, Pacific

816-3419 - Megapode egg, Savo island, Solomon Islands, Pacific

981-19 - Komodo dragon hatching from egg (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is Indonesia. Eggs are laid underground, here under megapode mound.

981-17 - Komodo dragon female on megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) female uses these birds mounds for nesting site for her own eggs, Komodo Island, Indonesia

981-14 - Komodo dragon about to lay eggs in burrow made in megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

981-33 - One of many entrances to megapode mound containing Komodo dragon egg chamber. Film crew found the nest the very day the eggs hatched after 9 month gestation. Young hatchling Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) and their egg cases.

981-68 - One of many entrances to megapode mound containing Komodo dragon egg chamber. Film crew found the nest the very day the eggs hatched after 9 month gestation. Young hatchling Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) and their egg cases.

981-20 - Komodo dragon hatchling emerging, Komodo Island, Indonesia. Eggs are laid underground, in this case under a megapode mound, and so hatchlings have to dig themselves out.

981-18 - Komodo dragon female on megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) female uses these birds mounds for nesting site for her own eggs, Komodo Island, Indonesia