http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/
www.nparks.gov.sg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Hornbill
By NParks, Nature Parks & Reserves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buceros_hydrocorax_mindanensis.jpg
Hornbills pair for life and have an unusual breeding behaviour. The female hornbill seals herself into the nest box for 90 days or more when breeding. While confined, she depends on the male to return daily to feed her and the chicks. The nestlings and female are fed by the male through a narrow vertical slit in the sealed nest opening.
Posted by dennis e. sebastian on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 10:03 PM
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http://kmanimatedshort.blogspot.sg/2011/08/hornbills.html
When the male fails to return, either hunted down by poachers or killed by other preys, the female in the nest will not accept food from any other males. It will not accept food from human beings. In this respect, hornbills are good icons for family values such as loyalty and responsibility.
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Unfortunately the female hornbill's brain is "programmed" to either die with the chicks (commit suicide), or leave the nest and abandon the chicks.
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Reference
- http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/
www.nparks.gov.sg - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Hornbill
- https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdrFxZvLyYwza5r9Q0pjXbSpS6kpgV89rNBBrZmqfZ8yHeHEgUUNgynMdhJgDNvbzrUQxNhxe7liuqTtyrzJRLMrwf3RZqiFfEfVmiaTwWpqXOnxGOsVIeu6ssCg8T_L7i1gMATRY0lD_/s1600/Buceros_hydrocorax_mindanensis.jpg
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Buceros_hydrocorax_mindanensis.jpg
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buceros_hydrocorax_mindanensis.jpg
- https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziF6eF70przCf43DI2NlCBqbtjmKiMReBpf955thOxwsCiwd-5nSLfgcQfthFVfv7c2yXEyLBBq-QKC9S6UzG_VZLyahoPtxCCqGuCmDEMF0nPrKzgRpHnh3dpjLPd3bwVwHsnlDnWKDE/s1600/calao.de.palawan.jgke.0g.jpg
- https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd19DV4DcdQPhw_zjgDRNCvuDbNsUvU579efNUmeB_K9CePqeD9xn4IA9D9aM7kRuNEkbJY7vdeO_QA15c7ZYMsuAbiuDyvAzAPiB6GFQG-TuG8ZBNOYON6OnpsGXE7KC6YBo-ZovYCnM/s1600/calao.de.palawan.jgke.0g.jpg
- http://kmanimatedshort.blogspot.sg/2011/08/hornbills.html
- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W_uArBo79uY/Uf54S4JcRDI/AAAAAAAAX4Q/hIKji6RwEPg/s1600/Aceros_nipalensis,_rufous-necked_hornbill,I_TS638.jpg
- http://www.discoverlife.org/IM/I_TS/0006/640/Aceros_nipalensis,_rufous-necked_hornbill,I_TS638.jpg
- http://referencereference.blogspot.sg/2011/07/birds-i-horbills-i.html