https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/planckendael PetWerewolf en-us 23people http://www.23hq.com/resources/um-style/logo-20.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.23hq.com/rss/PetWerewolf/planckendael false https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2104827 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2104827"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2104827_85e718b6dacc2c992cd8348d4e255c76_standard.jpg" width="375" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>This was the first time I heared an emu produce a sound. Taken at Planckendaal Zoo near Mechelen, Belgium.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kingdom: <i>Animalia</i> (animals)<br /><br /> Phylum: <i>Chordata</i> (chordates)<br /><br /> Subphylum: <i>Vertebrata</i> (vertebrates)<br /><br /> Class: <i>Aves</i> (birds)<br /><br /> Order: <i>Struthioniformes</i> (cassowaires, emus, kiwis, ostriches, and rheas)<br /><br /> Family: <i>Dromaiidae</i> (emus)<br /><br /> Genus: <i>Dromaius</i> (emu)<br /><br /> Species: <i>Dromaius novaehollandia</i> (emu)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When eggs are fresh, they are dark green, but become almost black with time.</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2104827 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:54:12 GMT https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101639 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101639"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/1192286/2101639_1f23b609ade9eb7cd3981a0788e584ab_standard.jpg" width="460" height="345" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>Two turkeys at the Planckendael zoo in Mechelen, Belgium.</p> <p>Kingdom: <i>Animalia</i> (animals)<br /> Phylum: <i>Chordata</i> (chordates)<br /> Subphylum: <i>Vertebrata</i> (vertebrates)<br /> Class: <i>Aves</i> (birds)<br /> Order: <i>Galliformes</i> (megapodes, curassows, pheasants, quails, and relatives)<br /> Family: <i>Phasianidae</i> (turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges)<br /> Subfamily: <i>Meleagridinae</i> (turkey)<br /> Genus: <i>Meleagris</i> (turkeys)</p> <p>The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (<i>Meleagris gallopavo</i>), one of the two species of turkey; however, in the past the ocellated turkey (<i>Meleagris ocellata</i>) was also domesticated. The great majority of domesticated turkeys have white feathers, although brown or bronze-feathered varieties are also raised.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There are a lot of different turkey breeds, some information about which can be found on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Turkeys/BRKTurkey.html">this site</a>. Can you identify the breed I photographed?</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/">PetWerewolf</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/PetWerewolf/photo/2101639 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:43:00 GMT