Claw Collection (page 4)

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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