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Photo Credit
Laurel Lamb, Curator, University of Arkansas Museum
Object Type
Aepyornis sp.
Date
Spring 5-1-2021
Description
Purchased in 1929 from Ward's Scientific Supply. Now extinct, elephant birds were the largest birds in history and only inhabited Madagascar. One elephant bird egg equaled approximately 160 chicken eggs.
Object Housed
University of Arkansas Museum
Object Accession Number
0050-0021-0001