Forgot to re-address. Again.
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brian fleming <> |
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:41:10 +1100 |
Steve wrote:
G'day all
Great photos - HANZAB mentions overwhelmingly fruit but adds land
snail, fish, frogs, chooks, Little Tern chicks and eggs(!), rats,
mice and carrion. Most is from a single reference - Alexander (1926)
in the Emu 25: 245-60. So nothing like this reported for 90 years.
Fascinating.
Cheers
Steve
I'm not surprised. I recall years ago, I saw in the Melbourne "Herald"
an article by Graham Pizzey about a young Cassowary, which was being
hand-reared at a Queensland wildlife park - maybe by Eric Worrell or
David Fleay . The young bird, about half-grown, received a chicken
twice a week. A photo showed it tearing at the chicken very
enthusiastically.
Black-tailed (Swamp) Wallabies will also eat meat if they can get
it, and probably eat ground-nesting birds' eggs and young. I recall
one at Wilson's Prom, c. 1964, which helped itself to the remains of a
chicken roasted over a campfire. It tore the meat off with both hands
and then ate from them. It was prepared to stand in the ashes of the
fire to do so. Not disturbed by human observers a bit.
Anthea Fleming
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