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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Rare taxidermy of an adult Southern Cassowary-Casuarius casuarius, 2nd half 20 th C
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Rare taxidermy of an adult Southern Cassowary-Casuarius casuarius, 2nd half 20 th C
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Rare taxidermy of an adult Southern Cassowary-Casuarius casuarius, 2nd half 20 th C

Rare taxidermy of an adult Southern Cassowary-Casuarius casuarius

2nd half 20 th C
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129 x 60 x 119 cm
50 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 46 7/8 in
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Great runner bird of New Guinea, it weighs up to 75 kg ,its legs are large and powerful, terminated by three fingers: the inner finger bears a claw 12 cm long as dangerous as a dagger,.It is considered the most dangerous bird in the world, capable of jumping in the air and fatally wounding its opponent with a single stroke of his paw. When Queen Victoria came to France in 1855, Emperor Napoleon III had the colours of the Queen of England's household worn by the Saint-Cyrians who paraded in front of her. A white and red feather now adorns the shako of the students of the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr. The nickname Cassowary is then given to him because this British visit coincides with the arrival of one of these helmeted birds at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris.The helmeted cassowary is part of the Casuarid family. It is the largest bird, just after the ostrich. This species differs from the others because of the criteria that concern the female. Rather, it has the characteristics of most males such as brighter plumage, size and does not share nesting tasks, that is, it abandons the nest and eggs to mate with other males.
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