Category hierarchy: Animals | Reproduction | Eggs & YoungDescription: A hollowed out ostrich egg sold as a home decoration or tourist souvenior in southern Africa. This particular egg was on displayed in a basket of hollowed ostrich eggs in the restaurant of a hotel. A hole is made in one end of the egg through which the egg and other fluids are removed while leaving the shell intact. The shell is 3 to 4 mm thick and when tapped, sounds like a piece of ceramic pottery.Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F30Original date: 20070630Locality: Latitude: -3.055950000000000e+001; Longitude: 2.293750000000000e+001
Category hierarchy: Animals | Reproduction | Eggs & YoungDescription: A hollowed out ostrich egg sold as a home decoration or tourist souvenior in southern Africa. This particular egg was on displayed in a basket of hollowed ostrich eggs in the restaurant of a hotel. The hole is made in the egg to extract the yolk and other fluids while leaving the shell intact. The shell is 3 to 4 mm thick and if tapped sounds like a piece of ceramic pottery.Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F30Original date: 20070630Locality: Latitude: -3.055950000000000e+001; Longitude: 2.293750000000000e+001
Struthio camelusIllustration source: Fig. 251 in Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen, by L.J. Fitzinger, 1864, Wien, K.K. Hof und Staatsdruckerei.http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103207
Struthio camelusCes deux jeunes autruches sont élevées à la Station de Domestication des Eléphants de Gangala na Bodio, dans l'Uele (1948).These two young ostriches are raised at the Elephant Domestication Station of Gangala na Bodio, in Uele (1948).
