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George R. Marriner (1879-1910)
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Sheep killed by kea, George Reginald Marriner, Historical images of New Zealand, Dead sheep, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Predation, Nestor notabilis (illustrations), Rams
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Sheep killed by kea, Sheep killed by kea. Original description from Marriner (1907): "The first dead sheep was found at the foot of the Rolleston Range, about ten miles above the Rakaia Forks, on a broad expanse of river-flat, known at the homestead as the “Top Flat.” The animal was a merino ram, in splendid condition, and, from the place in which it was found, it had apparently been chased by the bird or birds until it was cornered where two wire fences met, and there injured. The sheep was quite dead, and lying on its wounded side. On turning the beast over we found an ugly black-looking wound on the right loin at 11 in. from the tail. The hole was 5 in. long by 4 in. wide The wool was all torn off, and the flesh was removed so that the transverse processes of lumbar vertebræ were visible. Though a deep hole had been made in the flesh, the birds had not reached the body-cavity, nor had they injured the kidneys, and from the appearance of the animal it seemed as if it had died from blood-poisoning. Further up the back there were several other places where the wool had been picked. We proped the sheep up in order to photograph it, and on returning next day we found that the keas had evidently been at it, as was shown by the wool which was scattered around the carcase."
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で殺された羊、ジョージ・レジナルド・マリナー、ニュージーランドの歴史的画像、死んだ羊、ニュージーランド王立協会の取引と手順、捕食、ネスタ・ノタビリス(illustrations)、ラムズ
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にせしめ、にせしめ。マライナー(1907年):「最初の死んだ羊は、ラカイアフォークの約10マイル上流のロレストン山脈の麓、ホームステッドで「トップフラット」として知られる川平地の大広間で発見された。動物はメリノラムで、立派な状態にあり、発見場所から2本のワイヤーフェンスがぶつかると追い詰められるまで鳥や鳥に追われていたようである。羊はまったく死んでいて、傷ついた側に横たわっていた。動物を転がすと、右の11 inに醜い黒く見える傷が尾から見つかった。穴は長さ5インチ、幅4インチ のウールがすべて裂け、肉が取り除かれ、腰椎の横突起が見えるようになった。肉には深い穴が開いていても、鳥は体内に届かず、腎臓も傷つかず、その姿から、まるで血をくことで死んだかのような状態であった。さらに後ろには、羊毛が摘まれた場所がいくつかあった。我々は羊を写真にするために引き上げ、翌日戻ると、カーケースの周りに散らばっていた羊毛が示すように、が明らかにそれにあったことがわかった。
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predate flesh wound predatory predaceous prey predacious predation black sheep sepsis carcase long-wool blood poisoning prop up kea predator