Ostrich egg (Struthio camelus)
Description:
Category hierarchy: Animals | Reproduction | Eggs & Young
Description: 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 F30
Original date: 20070630
Locality: Latitude: -3.055950000000000e+001; Longitude: 2.293750000000000e+001
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- Life (biota)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (archosaur)
- Dinosauria (dinosaurs and birds)
- Saurischia (Lizard-hipped Dinosaurs)
- Theropoda (theropods)
- Tetanurae (tetanuran theropod)
- Coelurosauria (coelurosaur)
- Maniraptoriformes
- Maniraptora (maniraptoran)
- Aves (birds)
- Ornithurae
- Neornithes
- Palaeognathae
- Ratites (flightless paleognath birds)
- Struthioniformes (Ostriches)
- Struthionidae (ostriches)
- Struthio (Blue-necked ostrich)
- Struthio camelus (Common Ostrich)
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