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A flock of ostriches stand beneath overcast skies in a field near the small Southern Cape town of Swellendam November 9, 2006. The giant birds are farmed for their meat, eggs and feathers in a growing export industry. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

Fern, Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris

Fern, Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, surrounded by Milk parsley, Selinum wallichianum, Back view of a single frond in focus, showing the dark spores

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Fern, Matteuccia Struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern, Shuttlecock Fern

African wildlife, lithograph, published in 1897

African wildlife: 1) Gorilla; 2) Chimpanzee (Pan); 3) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); 4) Giraffe; 5) Lesser kudu (Ammelaphus imberbis, or Tragelaphus imberbis); 6) Lion (Panthera leo); 7) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); 8) African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana); 9) Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus); 10) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis); 11) Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata); 12) Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea); 13) Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus); 14) Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris); 15) Ostrich (Struthio camelus); 16) Rain frogs (Breviceps); 17) Chameleon; 18) Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Lithograph after a drawing by Gustav MAOEtzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897