MAN HATCHES CUCKOO

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26441, 7 June 1951, Page 7

MAN HATCHES CUCKOO

21 Days Of Brooding In Hospital Bed

(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) ffifC. 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 6. A German who has been nearly two ’Mrs on his back in hospital has wcceeded in personally hatching out »cuckoo, says the Bonn correspondent tf th® "Manchester Guardian.” *The man, Mr Ruthmann, confessed wit sheer boredom drove him into experiment of trying to incubate W agg, .in the pit of his stomach. Authorities at his hospital at Bochum no objection. They thought it was * Jfr Ruthmann began two months ago with a failure, or rather a near miss, placed the egg on his stomach on April 13 and lost patience after 21 wys unbroken brooding. When he Sthe egg he came to the conthat he need have waited only “Mher few days for the bird to have »A < J :or d he began hatching •®oujer egg on Mav 8. The shell broke 31 at 2.'0 p.m. and a young Mew Btea 4ily chiselled its way out. m. a short walk on «r Ruthmann’s chest. -A" n° w very attached to its “foster Uu. er t an< t t* as been named Charlie V thl hospital staff.