Two Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) crushed but intact eggs (top; EVER 44949) recovered from a Burmese Python digestive tract and compared to a reference Limpkin specimen (below; USNM 25786) for size and color patterns. The arrow shows fragments of eggshells from the python sample placed on the museum specimen for color comparison. Photograph by Don Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution. |