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The big nandu birds appear rather aggressive...

... and I often notice them chasing the little Patagonian cavy around the Pampas exhibit at Copenhagen Zoo. Not sure that this is really a good mix. December 2009

The big nandu birds appear rather aggressive...
Dan, 13 Dec 2009
    • PAT
      Just when it wasn't confusing enough. :)
      15 Dec 2009
    • Ituri
      Here in Idaho, we have lots and lots of wapiti roaming the countryside, but I'd bet that fewer than 1 in a hundred people you ask would know them as that. As far as most people within the animals home range, they are elk, plain and simple.
      15 Dec 2009
    • Dan
      My mistake, as could be expected :p. Nandu is indeed the Danish name for this bird and rhea the English name. I misread the signs by the exhibit.....
      16 Jan 2010
    • KEEPER
      Good pic, ...talking about the animals names question: Ñandu it´s the correct name in Spanish too, with the only change of "n" by "ñ" or "ny" if you can't see "ñ"
      16 Jan 2010
    • OhSnapItsKirby

      Males rheas are normally aggressive towards other exhibit-mates.
      9 Jan 2013
    • nicholas
      I have never experienced this. They have always been aggressive towards keepers and other males though...
      9 Jan 2013
    • OhSnapItsKirby
      I've seen male rheas harass maras, capybaras, llamas, and keepers, too. They just seem to be more aggressive in general, and the hens are normally calmer and friendlier.
      9 Jan 2013
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