The Secrets of the American Cottontail Rabbit

Cherami survived these injuries and lived for about another eight months becoming something of a media sensation. A taxidermist at the smithsonian, national museum of natural history, mounted the bird's remains in 19 19. But there were discrepancies in descriptions of whether cheremee was male or female. The army signal corps referred to the bird as she, while smithsonian records used he. So earlier this year, coinciding with the centennial of cher ami being put on display, the smithsonians turned to d and a testing to settle at least the question of the pigeon's sex.