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Re: [OM] Rhea, was: October Road Trip, Part 1

Subject: Re: [OM] Rhea, was: October Road Trip, Part 1
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:58:26 -0300
No, not as I understand it Andrew.

A "charabón" is a common, colloquial word to refer to the young Ñandú, 
even since when they hatch out of the egg. It is not a scientific word, 
and may vary in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil; and in the Pampa Argentina, 
but I'm almost sure Argentinians call it the same as we do. During S 
XVIII and XIX, the "Gauchos" (Cowboys) used to hunt ñandúes using 
"boleadoras", chasing them by riding a horse. I was almost sure that 
Uruguayan painter Juan Manuel Blanes had an oleo on such a typical 
scene, but 'though I googled that image I couldnt find it.
I've heard about the Casuaria (Cassowary) but didn't know it was capable 
of attacking and killing a human beast _ ;)

Writing about these species, what a coincidence !.

Fernando.

(writing about native birds and traditions in the Rio de la Plata while 
listening to Patricia Barber - the world is getting smaller ... )


Andrew Fildes wrote:
> So I presume that the Chabaron is the Lesser Rhea and the Nandu the  
> Greater Rhea?
> Strangely, I'm just writing about the Cassowary, the only bird known  
> to have killed a human in Australia. (The big, cantankerous females  
> attack joggers - who says birds are stupid?!)
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 16/11/2008, at 3:13 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
>   
>> Well, now you understand why am I interested in photographing native
>> birds, one of the most difficult subjects I happened to find.
>> This one was fairly easy, because this charabón was obviously lost and
>> tired; but when you find a group of Ñandúes they are watching you and
>> won't let you closer than 100 meters, then run fast and hide. They are
>> raised in captivity too, as chicken, to eat cooked barbecued, and you
>> might eat their 30+ centimeter height eggs; they taste just like  
>> chicken
>> eggs.
>>     


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