Claw Collection (page 3)

Eudyptula minor, little penguin
Ff. 84. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Aptenodytes minor and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Elanoides forficatus, American swallow-tailed kite
Plate 72 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Cyclophthalmus senior, insect
A scorpion-like terrestrial insect dating from the Carboniferous to the present

Mr William Walker
Holding a Baryonyx claw. Baryonyx was found in 1983 in a clay pit in Surrey, England, by the British amateur fossil hunter William Walker

Deinocheirus
A pair of arms complete with 30 cm claws on each hand once belonging to Deinocheirus, an Upper Cretactous carnivorous dinosaur. This specimen was discovered in Mongolia

Plateosaurus
A fossil reconstruction of the hand and lower leg bones belonging to the dinosaur, Plateosaurus. These dinosaurs were wer herbivorous and may have used these sharp claws for defence

Leontopithecus rosalia, golden lion tamarin
A portrait of a golden lion tamarin. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Swimming crab fossil
Fossilised specimen of a swimming crab found in Folkestone, England. Swimming crabs still inhabit British shores today. They have flattened, paddle-like back legs to assist in swimming

Mounted specimen of Crocodylus sp. crocodile
Photograph of a mounted crocodile specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Waptia fieldensis, arthropod
The arthropod Waptia fieldensis, found in the Burgess Shale of Canada

Inachus dorsettensis, scorpion spider crab
Photograph of a scorpion spider crab (Inachus dorsettensis)

Carcinus maenas, European shore crab
Specimens of this invasive crab, which has spread well beyond its native range and is threatening ecosystems the world over

Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat
A Daubentons bat roosting. Photograph published on page 17 of Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002

Colourful illustration of two crabs and a grasshopper
Plate 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of two crustaceans
Folio 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of three fish and a crabs
Plate 50 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of two fish, a crab and a crayfish
Plate 47 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of an eel and a crustacean
Plate 45 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of five fish and a crustacean
Plate 26 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Colourful illustration of five fish, two lobsters and a crab
Plate 53 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Bradypus sp. three-toed sloth
A mounted skeleton of a three-toed sloth, an arboreal edentate from South and Central America, having long hook-like claws by which it hangs from tree branches

Pacifastacus leniusculus, signal crayfish
Signal crayfish specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

BhԲsiah ursitaxis inauritus
Plate 86 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Baryonyx skeleton
The Baryonyx which lived during the Lower Cretaceous was a bipedal carnivore which had a set of sharp teeth as well as a 30cm claw on each forehand. Illustration by Jo Konopelko

Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypus
Plate 13 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Paraisobuthus prantli, scorpion
A Scorpion fossil seen here in a nodule of rock

Torvosaurus claw
A fossil claw once belonging to the dinosaur, Torvosaurus whose name means savage lizard. It was a carnivore which lived during the upper Jurassic period. Its fossils have been found in Colorado, USA

Tofer capensis
Ff. 12. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Portunus pelagicus, flower crab
Illustration by John Abbot from his Insects of Georgia, 1787

Skeleton of a bird
Page 41 from Pierre Belons Histoire de la Nature (1555). Compare with skeleton of a man on page 40, (picture ref. 6886)

Deinonychus
A model of the Deinonychus, meaning terrible claw. It was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period, around 144 million years ago

Circaetus gallicus, short-toed eagle
A watercolour by an unknown artist, part of the Lord Ashton Collection

Macheiramphus alcinus, bat hawk
A hand-coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf, (c. 1860). This bird of prey hunts at dusk for bats. Native to Africa, South East Asia and New Guinea. Part of the Jardine Collection

Narcissistic Tiger
This tiger, accustomed to drinking only out of his own bowl, sees his reflection in the water for the first time and strikes the supposed adversary with his claw! Date: 1930s

Milton / Comus 1634
And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before. Date: First published : 1634

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Studies of barn owls, and the head of another bird of prey

Moving large sacks in a warehouse
An operator uses a small picker to stack and manoeuvre piles of sacks, containing cotton or wool, into place in a large warehouse. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

CRABBING / 1883
Two men fishing for crabs

Bird and Predator
Nature red in tooth and claw - a stoat-like creature has got its teeth into a guinea fowl or some such bird : predator and prey fall together from a tree

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