Comments on: Museum’s Newest Arrival: An Elephant Bird Egg

By: tropicalwolf

tropicalwolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:08:45 +0000

I bet that would make a mighty big….oh, damn Aaronious…

By: Aaronious

Aaronious — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:02:57 +0000

Congratulations Loren. The egg will make an impressive addition to the collection. The down side – you get to hear the same omelet joke over and over and over…haha
Aaron

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:52:09 +0000

Of course, right now, to make certain we continue to exist in this shaky economy, we rely on donations, contributions, and other sources of my income to support the major expenses of the museum. Until the admission flow stabilizes and we are assured of a steady number of visitors, we have to make do with the space we are renting.

Thus, some decisions have been made to “expand” upward (up the walls, on the ceiling) and in more concentrated ways (by moving from bookcase shelving to well-lit museum display cases, as they become inexpensively available or are donated). In that way, we can actually show and exhibit more items in the space we have. Through a combination of those two dimension-expanding design factors, we are actually enlarging the museum almost daily.

I thank PhotoExpert for his Paranthropus bust donation, again, and his other fiscal support that has helped us greatly, as I do to all others!

By: PhotoExpert

PhotoExpert — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:42 +0000

What awesome new additions to the ICM. At the rate the ICM is growing, Loren may have to look for more space.

Thank you to all the contributors!

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:36:54 +0000

Well cryptidsrus, I couldn’t find the video you mentioned, but it reminded me of the funny ‘pterodactyl egg’ scene from the movie ‘Caveman’ with Ringo Starr, which you can find at Youtube (type ‘giant egg, caveman’)

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:38:51 +0000

What RED_PILL_JUNKIE said.

In somewhat the same vein—

This reminds me of one of the last skits CHAPELLE made before he quit his brilliant (and much missed) show. In the skit, Chappelle got hold of a DINOSAUR EGG and managed to hatch it.

Just as the baby dinosaur emerged form the cracked shell—and to the accompaniment of the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY music, Chappelle cut off the critter’s head and started drinking its blood!!! He also fried and ate another dinosaur egg!

I guess one has to see to appreciate it, but I was laughing my A** off!!!

If one saw that skit, one would know what I’m talking about. So funny.

Anyway—COULD this be the ROC of legend as SSCHAPER said?

By: sschaper

sschaper — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:28:41 +0000

DNA? If so, then maybe an ostrich could bear a reconstruct? Or over generations breed up to it? I suppose the Ostrich is the closest likely relative.

Is this bird not the Roc of legend?

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:46:43 +0000

Man! Just imagine the omelette

By: Sordes

Sordes — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:36:21 +0000

Big flightless birds like ratides but also mainly ground-dwelling birds like galliformes have in general an adaption of their diet when they grow older. Young birds mainly eat insects and other nutritious food, but the larger they grow, the more plant material they eat. This has general reasons. Much proteins enable a fast growth during the first months of the life. Furthermore young and therefore smaller birds can in general better life from a mainly carnivorous or omnivorous diet than larger birds. A big bird like an ostrich could get easily problems if it would only eat small animals, so they prefer plant material which is available in much bigger masses and eat small animals only on occasion.

I have seen an Aepyornis egg in the Museum of Natural History at Vienna, but I don’t know if it is real. But they have a true femur of an Aepyornis and among many other recently extinct animals five Moa skeletons, including Dinornis maximus.

By: LiberalDem

LiberalDem — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:27:22 +0000

Hi Loren – and Happy Easter! Were Elephant Birds carnivores, or did they feed their massive bodies on fruit and grain? The same question would apply to the Moas of New Zealand.

Thanks!

Mike