LEADER 02412nam 2200409 450 001 9910795526003321 005 20230808211957.0 010 $a1-927249-30-9 035 $a(CKB)5120000000108670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5559919 035 $a(EXLCZ)995120000000108670 100 $a20181115d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe unburnt egg $emore stories of a museum curator /$fBrian Gill 210 1$aWellington, New Zealand :$cAwa Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (140 pages) 311 $a1-927249-29-5 327 $aIntroduction -- A hapaless king penguin -- Secrets of the shining cuckoo -- The unburnt egg -- The man who imagined the moa -- Flight of the long-tailed cuckoo -- Booby eggs and a solar eclipse -- Song of the huia -- Seals in sand dunes -- Ship rats of Big South Cape Island -- Charles McCann's giant flying frogs -- Seeking Pacific skinks -- Rarotonga revisited -- Baden Powell's sea-slug paintings -- Fur, feathers and frogs legs -- Further reflections. 330 $aNatural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries. 606 $aMuseums$xCuratorship$zNew Zealand$zAuckland$vAnecdotes 606 $aNatural history museum curators$zNew Zealand$zAuckland$vAnecdotes 615 0$aMuseums$xCuratorship 615 0$aNatural history museum curators 676 $a069.53 700 $aGill$b Brian$01527513 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795526003321 996 $aThe unburnt egg$93817049 997 $aUNINA