Male Cassowary Chick Born at CRC

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Summary

A male cassowary chick, one of an eventual four, is born at the Conservation and Research Center. This animal is the result of a successful breeding of cassowaries, a species which has, because of its volatile nature, been traditionally very difficult to breed.

Subject

  • Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," September 1981, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

June 2, 1981

Topic

  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Childbirth
  • Endangered species

Place

Front Royal (Va.)

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